OR8J1

Olfactory receptor 8J1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8J1 gene.[3]

OR8J1
Identifiers
AliasesOR8J1, OR11-183, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily J member 1
External IDsHomoloGene: 128089 GeneCards: OR8J1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (human)[1]
Band11q12.1Start56,354,291 bp[1]
End56,361,511 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

219477

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Ensembl

ENSG00000262796
ENSG00000172487

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UniProt

Q8NGP2

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005205

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005205

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Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 56.35 – 56.36 Mbn/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]

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