OR8G2

OR8G2P
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8G2P, HSTPCR120, OR8G4, ORL206, ORL486, TPCR120, OR8G2, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily G member 2, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily G member 2 pseudogene
External IDs	MGI: 3030063; HomoloGene: 115513; GeneCards: OR8G2P; OMA:OR8G2P - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q24.2 Start 124,224,732 bp End 124,225,666 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 9 (mouse) Band 9|9 A5.1 Start 39,818,632 bp End 39,824,028 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) n/a n/a BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity signal transducer activity olfactory receptor activity odorant binding Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane membrane Biological process sensory perception of smell detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell signal transduction response to stimulus G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 26492 258606 Ensembl ENSG00000181214 ENSMUSG00000095390 UniProt Q6IF36 Q8VFN5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001291438 NM_146613 RefSeq (protein) NP_001278367 NP_666824 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.22 – 124.23 Mb Chr 9: 39.82 – 39.82 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 8G2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8G2 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

• 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

• OR8G2+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.