OR8J1

Olfactory receptor 8J1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8J1 gene.[3]

OR8J1
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8J1, OR11-183, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily J member 1
External IDs	HomoloGene: 128089 GeneCards: OR8J1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 56,354,291 bp[1] End 56,361,511 bp[1]
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • odorant binding • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell 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	219477	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000262796 ENSG00000172487	n/a
UniProt	Q8NGP2	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005205	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005205	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 56.35 – 56.36 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	n/a
Wikidata
View/Edit Human

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]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

1. ENSG00000172487 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000262796, ENSG00000172487 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
3. "Entrez Gene: OR8J1 olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily J, member 1".

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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0307882100. PMC 356993. PMID 14983052.

External links

• OR8J1+protein,+human at the US 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.