OR8K1

OR8K1
Identifiers
Aliases OR8K1, OR11-182, OR8N1P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily K member 1
External IDs MGI: 3030880 HomoloGene: 17301 GeneCards: OR8K1
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

390157

258575

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000075197

UniProt

Q8NGG5

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001002907

NM_146582

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001002907.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 56.35 – 56.35 Mb Chr 2: 86.22 – 86.22 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8K1 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]

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