OR8K1

OR8K1
Identifiers
AliasesOR8K1, OR11-182, OR8N1P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily K member 1
External IDsMGI: 3030880 HomoloGene: 17301 GeneCards: OR8K1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (human)[1]
BandNo data availableStart56,346,039 bp[1]
End56,346,998 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

390157

258575

Ensembl

ENSG00000150261
ENSG00000263328

ENSMUSG00000075197

UniProt

Q8NGG5

Q7TR79

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001002907

NM_146582

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001002907

NP_666793

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 56.35 – 56.35 MbChr 11: 86.21 – 86.22 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Olfactory receptor 8K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8K1 gene.[5]

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.[5]

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