OR8B4

OR8B4
Identifiers
Aliases OR8B4, OR11-315, OR8B4P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs MGI: 3030712 HomoloGene: 17395 GeneCards: OR8B4
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

283162

258794

Ensembl

ENSG00000198657

ENSMUSG00000066747

UniProt

Q96RC9

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001005196

NM_146798

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001005196.1

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.42 – 124.42 Mb Chr 9: 37.92 – 37.92 Mb
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Olfactory receptor 8B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B4 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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