OR8K3

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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8K3; OR11-181
External IDsMGI3030881 HomoloGene51783 GeneCards: OR8K3 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez219473259014
EnsemblENSG00000181689ENSMUSG00000075196
UniProtQ8NH51n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005202XM_001001926
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005202XP_001001926
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
55.84 - 55.84 Mb
Chr 2:
86.03 - 86.03 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3, also known as OR8K3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR8K3 gene.[1]

Function

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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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: OR8K3 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3". ; This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.