TAS2R1

Taste receptor, type 2, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols TAS2R1 ; T2R1; TRB7
External IDs OMIM: 604796 MGI: 2681253 HomoloGene: 10480 IUPHAR: 659 GeneCards: TAS2R1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 50834 57254
Ensembl ENSG00000169777 ENSMUSG00000045267
UniProt Q9NYW7 Q9JKT2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_019599 NM_020503
RefSeq (protein) NP_062545 NP_065249
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
9.63 – 9.71 Mb
Chr 15:
32.18 – 32.18 Mb
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Taste receptor type 2 member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R1 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is mapped to chromosome 5p15, the location of a genetic locus (PROP) that controls the detection of the bitter compound 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil.[3]

See also

References

  1. Adler E, Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (Apr 2000). "A novel family of mammalian taste receptors". Cell 100 (6): 693–702. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80705-9. PMID 10761934.
  2. Matsunami H, Montmayeur JP, Buck LB (Apr 2000). "A family of candidate taste receptors in human and mouse". Nature 404 (6778): 601–4. doi:10.1038/35007072. PMID 10766242.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TAS2R1 taste receptor, type 2, member 1".

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