OR2L8

Olfactory receptor 2L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR2L8 gene.[3]

OR2L8
Identifiers
Aliases	OR2L8, olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily L member 8 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs	HomoloGene: 128185 GeneCards: OR2L8
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human)[1] Band 1q44 Start 247,948,858 bp[1] End 247,949,796 bp[1]
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity • molecular function Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell membrane • membrane Biological process • sensory perception of smell • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	391190	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000279263	n/a
UniProt	Q8NGY9	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001001963	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001001963	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 247.95 – 247.95 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	n/a
Wikidata
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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.[3]