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OPRK1

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q14897645

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 8[11]
Cytogenetic location
8q11.23[13]
Encodes
opioid receptor kappa 1[9]
Expressed in
endothelial cell, pons, lateral nuclear group of thalamus, testicle, Brodmann area 23, entorhinal cortex, middle temporal gyrus, nucleus accumbens, spinal ganglia, prefrontal cortex[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genomic end
54164257, 53251637[6][7]
Genomic start
54138284, 53225724[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
20253[3]
Ortholog
Oprk1, Oprk1, oprk1[8]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[12]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C184389661
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
4DJH bilayer.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000082556
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000265572, ENST00000520287, ENST00000522508, ENST00000524278, ENST00000673285
Entrez Gene ID
4986
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/02p90n1
HGNC ID
8154
HGNC gene symbol
OPRK1
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
184389661
OMIM ID
165196
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_001282904, NM_000912, NM_001318497
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UMLS CUI
C1417963

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 7
testicle, pons, prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, spinal ganglia, entorhinal cortex, middle temporal gyrus
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 8
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

OPRK1 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chromosome → human chromosome 8
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    Ortholog → Oprk1, oprk1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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