OR8A1
Sign in to saveAlso known as OR11-318, OST025, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily A member 1
Olfactory receptor 8A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8A1 gene.
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It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 11 and Olfactory receptors.
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Gene data
OR8A1- Name
- olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily A member 1
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- OR11-318, OST025
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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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Gene · Ensembl
olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily A member 1
- Symbol
- OR8A1
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 11:124,566,660-124,582,942
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 12726
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/390275
- chromosome
- human chromosome 11
- genomic start
- 124566660
- genomic end
- 124582942
- cytogenetic location
- 11q24.2
- expressed in
- prefrontal cortex
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Encyclopedic overview
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Olfactory receptor 8A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8A1 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OR8A1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.