OR5M8

Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily M, member 8
Identifiers
Symbols OR5M8 ; OR11-194
External IDs MGI: 3030865 HomoloGene: 73973 GeneCards: OR5M8 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219484 257916
Ensembl ENSG00000181371 ENSMUSG00000043267
UniProt Q8NGP6 Q7TR87
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005282 NM_001011759
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005282 NP_001011759
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.49 – 56.49 Mb
Chr 2:
85.99 – 85.99 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 5M8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR5M8 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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