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Gene

OR5M8

olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily M member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
11q12.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 11: 56,490,435–56,491,370 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 0.9 kb
Protein
311 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000327216.5NM_001005282.1
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads OR5M8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How OR5M8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 11, with a bracket where OR5M8 sits. OR5M8 and 32 genes near it on chromosome 11, from 55,990,903 to 56,990,902.Chromosome 1111q12.1p15.5p15.4p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12p11.2p11.12p11.11q11q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q13.4q13.5q14.1q14.2q14.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q2556 Mb56.2 Mb56.4 Mb56.6 Mb56.8 MbOR5F1: 55,993,681–55,994,625, reverse strandOR5F1OR5AS1: 56,027,654–56,038,191, forward strandOR5AS1OR8I2: 56,093,308–56,094,240, forward strandOR8I2OR8H2: 56,103,687–56,107,658, forward strandOR8H2OR8H3: 56,122,373–56,123,311, forward strandOR8H3OR8J3: 56,134,721–56,140,201, reverse strandOR8J3OR8K5: 56,159,394–56,160,317, reverse strandOR8K5OR5J2: 56,176,618–56,177,556, forward strandOR5J2OR8J2: 56,208,985–56,215,222, reverse strandOR8J2OR5T2: 56,231,282–56,234,255, reverse strandOR5T2OR5T3: 56,252,254–56,253,222, forward strandOR5T3OR5T1: 56,274,154–56,276,819, forward strandOR5T1OR8H1: 56,288,462–56,292,254, reverse strandOR8H1OR8K3: 56,315,144–56,320,639, forward strandOR8K3OR8K1: 56,346,039–56,346,998, forward strandOR8K1OR8J1: 56,354,291–56,361,511, forward strandOR8J1OR8U1: 56,375,624–56,376,553, forward strandOR8U1OR5AL1: 56,412,696–56,413,683, forward strandOR5AL1OR8U3: 56,417,258–56,418,232, reverse strandOR8U3: 56,459,221–56,473,352, reverse strandOR5M9: 56,462,469–56,463,401, reverse strandOR5M9OR5M3: 56,469,274–56,473,352, reverse strandOR5M3OR5M8: 56,490,435–56,491,370, reverse strandOR5M8OR5M11: 56,542,340–56,543,257, reverse strandOR5M11OR5M10: 56,576,774–56,577,721, reverse strandOR5M10OR5M1: 56,609,236–56,614,874, reverse strandOR5M1OR5AP2: 56,641,489–56,642,439, reverse strandOR5AP2OR5AR1: 56,663,686–56,664,618, forward strandOR5AR1OR9G1: 56,699,095–56,703,884, forward strandOR9G1OR9G4: 56,741,223–56,748,697, reverse strandOR9G4OR5G3: 56,819,573–56,820,516, reverse strandOR5G3OR5AK3P: 56,971,050–56,971,979, forward strandOR5AK3POR5AK2: 56,988,914–56,989,843, forward strandOR5AK2Diagram of OR5M8: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 11Exon 1: 56,490,435–56,491,370, 936 bases15′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.9 kb of the gene's 0.9 kb; 936 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). OR5M8 gene: olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily M member 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/or5m8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. OR5M8 gene: olfactory receptor family 5 subfamily M member 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/or5m8

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