OR8H3

Olfactory receptor 8H3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8H3 gene.[3]

OR8H3
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8H3, OR11-172, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily H member 3
External IDs	HomoloGene: 133662 GeneCards: OR8H3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 56,122,373 bp[1] End 56,123,311 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern 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 • 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	390152	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000181761	n/a
UniProt	Q8N146	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001005201	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001005201	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 56.12 – 56.12 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[2]	n/a
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.[3]