OR8K1

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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 1
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8K1; OR11-182; OR8N1P
External IDsMGI3030880 HomoloGene17301 GeneCards: OR8K1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez390157258575
EnsemblENSG00000150261ENSMUSG00000075197
UniProtQ8NGG5n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001002907NM_146582
RefSeq (protein)NP_001002907NP_666793
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
55.87 - 55.87 Mb
Chr 2:
86.02 - 86.02 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor 8K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8K1 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: OR8K1 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 1".