OR8B4

Also known as OR11-315, OR8B4P, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4 (gene/pseudogene), olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4

Olfactory receptor 8B4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8B4 gene.

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OR8B4

Name: olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: OR11-315, OR8B4P

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. This olfactory receptor gene is a segregating pseudogene, where some individuals have an allele that encodes a functional olfactory receptor, while other individuals have an allele encoding a protein that is predicted to be non-functional. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2015].

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olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily B member 4

Symbol: OR8B4
Biotype: Protein coding
Organism: Homo sapiens
Location: 11:124,423,942-124,424,871
Strand: Reverse (−)
Assembly: GRCh38

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HomoloGene ID: 17395
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/283162
genomic start: 124423942
cytogenetic location: 11q24.2
genomic end: 124424871

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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.