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Homo sapiens Gene: OR8B12
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-75168.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol OR8B12
Gene Name olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 12
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000170953
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-75170
olfactory receptor, family 8, subfamily B, member 12
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 11:124542682-124543679
Strand Reverse strand
Band q24.2
Transcripts
ENST00000306842 ENSP00000307159
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004930 G-protein coupled receptor activity
GO:0004984 olfactory receptor activity
Biological Process
GO:0007186 G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway
GO:0050911 detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Orthologs
No orthologs found for this gene
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
REACT_15488
Olfactory Signaling Pathway pathway
REACT_14797
Signaling by GPCR pathway
REACT_111102
Signal Transduction pathway
REACT_19184
GPCR downstream signaling pathway
KEGG
hsa04740
Olfactory transduction pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.553634
RefSeq NM_001005195
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS31711
HPRD 17785
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

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