OR8I2

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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily I, member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8I2; OR11-170
External IDsMGI3030938 HomoloGene64916 GeneCards: OR8I2 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez120586258763
EnsemblENSG00000172154ENSMUSG00000075166
UniProtQ8N0Y5n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001003750NM_146767
RefSeq (protein)NP_001003750NP_666978
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
55.62 - 55.62 Mb
Chr 2:
86.82 - 86.82 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 8I2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8I2 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: OR8I2 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily I, member 2".