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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily A, member 1 Identifiers Symbols OR8A1; OR11-318; OST025 External IDs MGI: 1931271 HomoloGene: 12726 GeneCards: OR8A1 Gene Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity
• olfactory receptor activityCellular component • plasma membrane
• integral to membraneBiological process • sensory perception of smell
• response to stimulusSources: Amigo / QuickGO Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 390275 80706 Ensembl ENSG00000196119 ENSMUSG00000078078 UniProt Q8NGG7 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005194 NM_030553.2 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005194 NP_085030.2 Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
124.44 – 124.44 MbChr 9:
37.52 – 37.52 MbPubMed search [1] [2] Olfactory receptor 8A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8A1 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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- Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
- Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=356993.
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