TAS2R5

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

Description

Taste 2 receptor member 5

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Nucleoli, Cytoplasmic bodies

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

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

Chromosome

7 (141790217 - 141791367)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000127366  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

Q9NYW4

neXtProt

NX_Q9NYW4

Human splice variants

Protein structure