OR8H3

Olfactory receptor 8H3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8H3 gene.[3]

OR8H3
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8H3, OR11-172, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily H member 3
External IDs	HomoloGene: 133662 GeneCards: OR8H3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 56,122,373 bp[1] End 56,123,311 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in kidney multicellular organism n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
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 390152 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000181761 n/a UniProt Q8N146 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005201 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001005201 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 56.12 – 56.12 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
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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.[3]