| Gene Symbol |
TAS2R20
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| Entrez Gene |
259295
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| Alt Symbol |
T2R20, T2R49, T2R56, TAS2R49
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
taste receptor, type 2, member 20
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| Other Description |
taste receptor type 2 member 20|taste receptor type 2 member 49|taste receptor type 2 member 56|taste receptor, type 2, member 49
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| Swissprots |
Q496D8 Q2HIZ4 P59549 P59543 Q645X9
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| Accessions |
AAM19327 AAM63542 BAD98094 BAD98095 BAD98096 CAI53612 EAW96224 P59543 BC100915 AAI00916 BC100916 AAI00917 BC100917 AAI00918 BC100918 AAI00919 BC113843 AAI13844 BC114451 AAI14452 N24163 NM_176889 NP_795370
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| Function |
Receptor that may play a role in the perception of bitterness and is gustducin-linked. May play a role in sensing the chemical composition of the gastrointestinal content. The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
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| Subcellular Location |
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
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| Top Pathways |
Taste transduction
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