OR8G5

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily G, member 5
Identifiers
Symbols OR8G5 ; OR11-298; OR8G5P; OR8G6
External IDs MGI: 1333829 HomoloGene: 133683 GeneCards: OR8G5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219865 258741
Ensembl ENSG00000255298 ENSMUSG00000059595
UniProt Q8NG78 Q7TRC1
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005198 NM_146746
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005198 NP_666957
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
124.26 – 124.27 Mb
Chr 9:
38.99 – 39 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8G5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8G5 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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