OR8B2

OR8B2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8B2, OR11-309, OR11-310, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 2
External IDs	MGI: 2660712; HomoloGene: 128279; GeneCards: OR8B2; OMA:OR8B2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q24.2 Start 124,382,394 bp End 124,384,499 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 9 (mouse) Band 9|9 A5.1 Start 38,312,994 bp End 38,319,293 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle left testis right testis n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity odorant binding olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 26595 258869 Ensembl ENSG00000284680 ENSMUSG00000049098 UniProt Q96RD0 Q60886 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005468 NM_146869 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005468 NP_667080 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.38 – 124.38 Mb Chr 9: 38.31 – 38.32 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 8B2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B2 gene.

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.

See also

• Olfactory receptor

Further reading

• Fuchs T, Malecova B, Linhart C, et al. (2003). "DEFOG: a practical scheme for deciphering families of genes". Genomics. 80 (3): 295–302. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6830. PMID 12213199.
• Malnic B, Godfrey PA, Buck LB (2004). "The human olfactory receptor gene family". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (8): 2584–9. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.2584M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR8B2+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.