OR1L8

OR1L8
Identifiers
Aliases	OR1L8, OR9-24, olfactory receptor family 1 subfamily L member 8
External IDs	MGI: 3030189 HomoloGene: 132326 GeneCards: OR1L8
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • transmembrane signaling receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception • signal transduction • response to stimulus Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	138881	258618
Ensembl	ENSG00000171496	ENSMUSG00000075380
UniProt	Q8NGR8	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004454	NM_146625
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004454.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 9: 122.57 – 122.57 Mb	Chr 2: 36.93 – 36.93 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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Olfactory receptor 1L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1L8 gene.^[3]

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.^[3]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. "Entrez Gene: OR1L8 olfactory receptor, family 1, subfamily L, member 8".

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes.". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR1L8 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.