OR8A1
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| Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily A, member 1 | |||||||||||||
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| Symbols | OR8A1; OR11-318; OST025 | ||||||||||||
| External IDs | MGI: 1931271 HomoloGene: 12726 GeneCards: OR8A1 Gene | ||||||||||||
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| Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||
| Entrez | 390275 | 80706 | |||||||||||
| Ensembl | ENSG00000196119 | n/a | |||||||||||
| UniProt | Q8NGG7 | n/a | |||||||||||
| RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_001005194 | NM_030553 | |||||||||||
| RefSeq (protein) | NP_001005194 | NP_085030 | |||||||||||
| Location (UCSC) | Chr 11: 123.95 - 123.95 Mb | n/a | |||||||||||
| PubMed search | [1] | [2] | |||||||||||
Olfactory receptor 8A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8A1 gene.[1]
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.[1]
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References
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- Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C; et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
- Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993 Freely accessible. PMID 14983052.
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