OR8H2

Olfactory receptor 8H2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8H2 gene.[4]

OR8H2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8H2, OR11-171, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily H member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3030934 HomoloGene: 34954 GeneCards: OR8H2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 56,103,687 bp[1] End 56,107,658 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • odorant binding • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity 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 Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	390151	258587
Ensembl	ENSG00000181767	n/a
UniProt	Q8N162	Q8VFM1
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005200	NM_146594
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005200	NP_666805
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 56.1 – 56.11 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
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.[4]