OR8B8

OR8B8
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8B8, TPCR85, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 8
External IDs	MGI: 2177528 HomoloGene: 56568 GeneCards: OR8B8
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 • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26493	258310
Ensembl	ENSG00000197125	ENSMUSG00000066748
UniProt	Q15620	Q60882
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_012378	NM_146313
RefSeq (protein)	NP_036510.1	NP_666425.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 124.44 – 124.44 Mb	Chr 9: 37.9 – 37.9 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

Olfactory receptor 8B8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B8 gene.^[3][4]

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.^[4]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

Further reading

External links

• OR8B8 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.