OR8B2

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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8B2; OR11-309; OR11-310; OR11-311
External IDsMGI2660712 HomoloGene74150 GeneCards: OR8B2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez26595258869
EnsemblENSG00000204293ENSMUSG00000049098
UniProtQ96RD0Q60886
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005468NM_146869
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005468NP_667080
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
123.76 - 123.76 Mb
Chr 9:
38.15 - 38.15 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 8B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B2 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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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: OR8B2 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 2".