TAAR8

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Trace amine associated receptor 8
Identifiers
Symbols	TAAR8; GPR102; TA5; TAR5; TRAR5
External IDs	OMIM: 606927 MGI: 2685076 HomoloGene: 14242 IUPHAR: TAAR8 GeneCards: TAAR8 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • rhodopsin-like receptor activity • receptor activity Cellular component • membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway Sources: Amigo / EGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	83551	215859
Ensembl	ENSG00000146385	ENSMUSG00000050804
UniProt	Q969N4	Q5QD07
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_053278	NM_001010830
RefSeq (protein)	NP_444508	NP_001010830
Location (UCSC)	Chr 6: 132.92 - 132.92 Mb	Chr 10: 23.77 - 23.77 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Trace amine-associated receptor 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAAR8 gene.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs, or GPRs) contain 7 transmembrane domains and transduce extracellular signals through heterotrimeric G proteins.[supplied by OMIM]

See also

• Trace amine-associated receptor

Further reading

• Borowsky B, Adham N, Jones KA; et al. (2001). "Trace amines: identification of a family of mammalian G protein-coupled receptors". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (16): 8966–71. doi:10.1073/pnas.151105198. PMC 55357 Freely accessible. PMID 11459929. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241 Freely accessible. PMID 12477932. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Mungall AJ, Palmer SA, Sims SK; et al. (2003). "The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6". Nature. 425 (6960): 805–11. doi:10.1038/nature02055. PMID 14574404. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA; et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928 Freely accessible. PMID 15489334. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

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