OR8B2
Identifiers
AliasesOR8B2, OR11-309, OR11-310, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 2
External IDsMGI: 2660712 HomoloGene: 128279 GeneCards: OR8B2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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 MbChr 9: 38.31 – 38.32 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 8B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B2 gene.[5]

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. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000284680 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000049098 - 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. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: OR8B2 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 2".

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