OR8G5

OR8G5
Identifiers
Aliases OR8G5, OR11-298, OR8G5P, OR8G6, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily G member 5
External IDs MGI: 3030769 HomoloGene: 133683 GeneCards: OR8G5
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

219865

258741

Ensembl

ENSG00000255298

ENSMUSG00000059595

UniProt

Q8NG78

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005198

NM_146746

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005198.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.26 – 124.27 Mb Chr 9: 38.99 – 39 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8G5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8G5 gene.[3]

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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