OR1L8

Olfactory receptor, family 1, subfamily L, member 8
Identifiers
SymbolsOR1L8 ; OR9-24
External IDsMGI: 3030189 HomoloGene: 132326 GeneCards: OR1L8 Gene
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SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez138881258618
EnsemblENSG00000171496ENSMUSG00000075380
UniProtQ8NGR8Q8VFP6
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001004454NM_146625
RefSeq (protein)NP_001004454NP_666836
Location (UCSC)Chr 9:
125.33 – 125.33 Mb
Chr 2:
36.93 – 36.93 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 1L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1L8 gene.[1]

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