TAS2R16

This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. These family members are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. Each of these apparently intronless genes encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is clustered with another 3 candidate taste receptor genes in chromosome 7 and is genetically linked to loci that influence bitter perception. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Taste 2 receptor member 16

Tissue specificity

Not detected

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

G-protein coupled receptors
Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted membrane proteins

Chromosome

7 (122994704 - 122995700)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000128519  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Tas2r118: ENSMUSG00000043865

UniProt

Q9NYV7

neXtProt

NX_Q9NYV7

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure