OR8K3

Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3 (gene/pseudogene)
Identifiers
Symbols OR8K3 ; OR11-181
External IDs MGI: 3030881 HomoloGene: 133882 GeneCards: OR8K3 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 219473 259021
Ensembl ENSG00000262755 ENSMUSG00000075190
UniProt Q8NH51 Q8VGS0
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005202 NM_147019
RefSeq (protein) NP_001005202 NP_667230
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
56.32 – 56.32 Mb
Chr 2:
86.33 – 86.33 Mb
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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3, also known as OR8K3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR8K3 gene.[1]

Function

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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