OR5M8

olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily M member 8

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants26 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs57698875111:56,257,952C/Tuncertain significance
rs120123336511:56,258,062G/Tuncertain significance
rs77233240311:56,258,089G/Tuncertain significance
rs53112563511:56,258,153C/Guncertain significance
rs185384044311:56,258,161G/Cuncertain significance
rs139867777411:56,258,164C/Tuncertain significance
rs77019685511:56,258,177T/Guncertain significance
rs77122104011:56,258,184G/Cuncertain significance
rs37647701911:56,258,311G/Auncertain significance
rs55709600211:56,258,319G/Cuncertain significance
rs74969698711:56,258,341C/Auncertain significance
rs14271997811:56,258,374T/Cuncertain significance
rs14735118611:56,258,412C/Tlikely benign
rs76718883111:56,258,473A/Tuncertain significance
rs78034656511:56,258,501C/Guncertain significance
rs14678110611:56,258,566G/Auncertain significance
rs14895853811:56,258,600T/Cuncertain significance
rs249568916911:56,258,650G/Auncertain significance
rs76015333811:56,258,693C/Guncertain significance
rs76153143611:56,258,717T/Cuncertain significance
rs13897836711:56,258,735C/Tuncertain significance
rs77939053011:56,258,744T/Cuncertain significance
rs14694031311:56,258,791C/Tuncertain significance
rs14948974911:56,258,831T/Auncertain significance
rs78055255711:56,258,839C/Tuncertain significance
rs66945311:56,260,651A/Cupstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.