Olfactory Receptor family 8 subfamily K member 3.
Estimated Expression: 92% of the population.
Expression estimate based on data from Verbeurgt et al (2014).
Sequence:
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MEQHNLTTVN EFILTGITDI AELQAPLFAL FLMIYVISVM GNLGMIVLTK LDSRLQTPMY FFLRHLAFMD LGYSTTVGPK MLVNFVVDKN IISYYFCATQ 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 LAFFLVFIGS ELFILSAMSY DLYVAICNPL LYTVIMSRRV CQVLVAIPYL YCTFISLLVT IKIFTLSFCG YNVISHFYCD SLPLLPLLCS NTHEIELIIL 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 IFAAIDLISS LLIVLLSYLL ILVAILRMNS AGRQKAFSTC GAHLTVVIVF YGTLLFMYVQ PKSSHSFDTD KVASIFYTLV IPMLNPLIYS LRNKDVKYAL 310 320 RRTWNNLCNI FV
Transmembrane Helices:
TMR7 TMR6 TMR5 TMR4 TMR3 TMR2 TMR1 T D F S V Y M F E H T N I K I I N K V F L E A I V K D L L T L E I I T V L Y Y S N V L P A Q F I S A G Y F V I L I I L S I T A C F M K P G L A F L L T Y I V V A A F F T C Y A L Q V T T M L F M P I V T L H A I L D I L Y P V L F F S Y G L I V Y I P N L G C T L S S I A V L G I F D M F M V S S Y I L S F A K L V I L V Q C F L E S A L H R G L N G Q R G Y S L V R R S S L I L F F V I M A S N M L I L L Y S M A Y M P T L K T L I A V Y L D D M R L C I A V UniProt | I-TASSER | AlphaFold | HORDE | GeneCards | ORDB
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