OR8B4

OR8B4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8B4, OR11-315, OR8B4P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs	MGI: 3030712 HomoloGene: 17395 GeneCards: OR8B4
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • odorant binding • olfactory 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 • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	283162	258794
Ensembl	ENSG00000198657	ENSMUSG00000066747
UniProt	Q96RC9	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005196	NM_146798
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005196.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 124.42 – 124.42 Mb	Chr 9: 37.92 – 37.92 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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Olfactory receptor 8B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B4 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: OR8B4 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 4".

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

• OR8B4 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.