OR8D2

OR8D2
Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily D, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols OR8D2; JCG2
External IDs MGI3030758 HomoloGene64961 GeneCards: OR8D2 Gene
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PBB GE OR8D2 gnf1h05807 at tn.png
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 283160 259111
Ensembl ENSG00000197263 ENSMUSG00000051493
UniProt Q9GZM6 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001002918 NM_147107.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_001002918 NP_667318.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
124.19 – 124.19 Mb
Chr 9:
39.75 – 39.75 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Olfactory receptor 8D2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8D2 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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