OR1L8

Olfactory receptor 1L8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR1L8 gene.[4]

OR1L8
Identifiers
Aliases	OR1L8, OR9-24, olfactory receptor family 1 subfamily L member 8
External IDs	MGI: 3030189 HomoloGene: 132326 GeneCards: OR1L8
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human)[1] Band 9q33.2 Start 122,567,117 bp[1] End 122,583,384 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • signal transducer activity • olfactory receptor activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell 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	138881	258618
Ensembl	ENSG00000171496	ENSMUSG00000075380
UniProt	Q8NGR8	Q8VFP6
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001004454	NM_146625
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001004454	NP_666836
Location (UCSC)	Chr 9: 122.57 – 122.58 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata
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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.[4]