{"symbol":"OR5M8","synonyms":["OR11-194"],"name":"olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily M, member 8","description":"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]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":219484,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/219484","proteins":[{"symbol":"OR5M8_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/OR5M8_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}