OR8B2

Olfactory receptor 8B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B2 gene.[5]

OR8B2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8B2, OR11-309, OR11-310, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 2
External IDs	MGI: 2660712 HomoloGene: 128279 GeneCards: OR8B2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q24.2 Start 124,382,394 bp[1] End 124,384,499 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 9 (mouse)[2] Band 9|9 A5.1 Start 38,312,994 bp[2] End 38,319,293 bp[2]
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity odorant binding olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 26595 258869 Ensembl ENSG00000284680 ENSMUSG00000049098 UniProt Q96RD0 Q60886 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005468 NM_146869 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005468 NP_667080 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.38 – 124.38 Mb Chr 9: 38.31 – 38.32 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) arising from single coding-exon genes. Olfactory receptors share a 7-transmembrane domain structure with many neurotransmitter and hormone receptors and are responsible for the recognition and G protein-mediated transduction of odorant signals. The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome. The nomenclature assigned to the olfactory receptor genes and proteins for this organism is independent of other organisms.[5]