OR8K1

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols OR8K1 ; OR11-182; OR8N1P
External IDs MGI: 3030880 HomoloGene: 17301 GeneCards: OR8K1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 390157 258575
Ensembl ENSG00000150261 ENSMUSG00000075197
UniProt Q8NGG5 Q499H3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001002907 NM_146582
RefSeq (protein) NP_001002907 NP_666793
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.35 – 56.35 Mb
Chr 2:
86.22 – 86.22 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8K1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8K1 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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