OR8G2

OR8G2
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8G2, HSTPCR120, OR8G2P, OR8G4, ORL206, ORL486, TPCR120, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily G member 2
External IDs	MGI: 3030063 HomoloGene: 115513 GeneCards: OR8G2
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • olfactory receptor activity • signal transducer activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of smell • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell • signal transduction • response to stimulus Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26492	258606
Ensembl	n/a	ENSMUSG00000095390
UniProt	Q6IF36	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001291438	NM_146613
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001278367.1	n/a
Location (UCSC)	n/a	Chr 9: 39.91 – 39.91 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

Olfactory receptor 8G2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR8G2 gene.^[3][4]

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]

See also

• Olfactory receptor

References

Further reading

External links

• OR8G2 protein, human at the US 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.