OR8B12

OR8B12
Identifiers
Aliases OR8B12, OR11-317, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 12
External IDs MGI: 3030708 HomoloGene: 17377 GeneCards: OR8B12
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

219858

258882

Ensembl

ENSG00000170953

ENSMUSG00000063350

UniProt

Q8NGG6

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005195

NM_146882

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005195.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.54 – 124.54 Mb Chr 9: 37.75 – 37.75 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8B12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B12 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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