TAS2R1

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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Taste 2 receptor member 1

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (testis)

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

G-protein coupled receptors
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted membrane proteins

Chromosome

5 (9627347 - 9712378)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000169777  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Tas2r119: ENSMUSG00000045267

UniProt

Q9NYW7

neXtProt

NX_Q9NYW7

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure