OR8B4

OR8B4
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8B4, OR11-315, OR8B4P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4
External IDs	MGI: 3030712; HomoloGene: 17395; GeneCards: OR8B4; OMA:OR8B4 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human) Band 11q24.2 Start 124,423,942 bp End 124,424,871 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 9 (mouse) Band 9|9 A4 Start 37,829,136 bp End 37,833,770 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle Top expressed in secondary oocyte primary oocyte zygote More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
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 283162 258794 Ensembl ENSG00000280090 ENSMUSG00000066747 UniProt Q96RC9 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005196 NM_146798 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005196 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 124.42 – 124.42 Mb Chr 9: 37.83 – 37.83 Mb PubMed search
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Olfactory receptor 8B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B4 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" (PDF). 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

• OR8B4+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.