OR8H2

Olfactory receptor 8H2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8H2 gene.[5]

OR8H2
Identifiers
AliasesOR8H2, OR11-171, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily H member 2
External IDsMGI: 3030934 HomoloGene: 34954 GeneCards: OR8H2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

390151

258587

Ensembl

ENSG00000181767

ENSMUSG00000070875

UniProt

Q8N162

Q8VFM1

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005200
NM_001386064

NM_146594

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005200

NP_666805

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 56.1 โ€“ 56.11 MbChr 2: 86.81 โ€“ 86.81 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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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: ENSG00000181767 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000070875 - 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: OR8H2 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily H, member 2".

Further reading

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