olfactory receptor 5H8; olfactory receptor 5H8 pseudogene; olfactory receptor OR3-7 (OR5H8, OR5H8P)

Function

• odorant receptor

Structure

• belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family

Compartment

• cell membrane; multi-pass membrane protein

Polymorphism

• segregating pseudogene, locus showing both intact & pseudogene forms in the population
• a single nucleotide deletion at position Lys-229 in the gene coding for OR5H8 is responsible for functional diversity, producing a pseudogene

More general terms

• olfactory receptor

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0DN80.html