OR8B12

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 12
Identifiers
SymbolsOR8B12 ; OR11-317
External IDsMGI: 3030708 HomoloGene: 17377 GeneCards: OR8B12 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez219858258882
EnsemblENSG00000170953ENSMUSG00000063350
UniProtQ8NGG6D3Z5L8
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001005195NM_146882
RefSeq (protein)NP_001005195NP_667093
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
124.41 – 124.41 Mb
Chr 9:
37.75 – 37.75 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8B12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B12 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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