OR8K3
Identifiers
Aliases	OR8K3, OR11-181, olfactory receptor family 8 subfamily K member 3 (gene/pseudogene)
External IDs	MGI: 3030888 HomoloGene: 133882 GeneCards: OR8K3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11q12.1 Start 56,315,144 bp[1] End 56,320,639 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse)[2] Band 2|2 D Start 86,162,479 bp[2] End 86,165,777 bp[2]
Gene ontology Molecular function G protein-coupled receptor activity odorant binding olfactory receptor activity signal transducer activity Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma 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 219473 259021 Ensembl ENSG00000262755 ENSG00000280314 ENSMUSG00000075190 UniProt Q8NH51 Q8VGS7 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001005202 NM_147019 RefSeq (protein) NP_001005202 NP_667230 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 56.32 – 56.32 Mb Chr 2: 86.16 – 86.17 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily K, member 3, also known as OR8K3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the OR8K3 gene.^[5]

Function

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.^[5]