OR8K5

OR8K5
Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 5
Identifiers
Symbols OR8K5; OR11-174
External IDs MGI3030842 HomoloGene74197 GeneCards: OR8K5 Gene
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PBB GE OR8K5 gnf1h10676 at tn.png
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219453 258866
Ensembl ENSG00000181752 ENSMUSG00000050603
UniProt Q8NH50 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001004058 NM_146866.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001004058 NP_667077.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
55.93 – 55.93 Mb
Chr 2:
85.53 – 85.53 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 8K5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8K5 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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Class II
(tetrapod specific receptors)

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