OR8B4

Olfactory receptor 8B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B4 gene.[5]

OR8B4
Identifiers
AliasesOR8B4, OR11-315, OR8B4P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4
External IDsMGI: 3030712 HomoloGene: 17395 GeneCards: OR8B4
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

283162

258794

Ensembl

ENSG00000280090

ENSMUSG00000066747

UniProt

Q96RC9

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005196

NM_146798

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005196

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 124.42 – 124.42 MbChr 9: 37.83 – 37.83 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]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000280090 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000066747 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: OR8B4 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 4".

Further reading

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