| Gene Symbol |
TAS2R16
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| Entrez Gene |
50833
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| Alt Symbol |
T2R16
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
taste receptor, type 2, member 16
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| Other Description |
candidate taste receptor T2R16|taste receptor type 2 member 16
|
| Swissprots |
Q502V3 A4D0X2 Q549U8 Q645W1 Q9NYV7
|
| Accessions |
AAF43912 AAP21892 BAD98011 BAD98012 BAD98013 CAI53565 CAV28566 EAL24338 EAW83581 Q9NYV7 BC095524 AAH95524 NM_016945 NP_058641
|
| Function |
Gustducin-coupled receptor implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12379855, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15759003}.
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| Subcellular Location |
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Expressed in a subset of gustducin-positive taste receptor cells of the tongue.
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| Top Pathways |
Taste transduction
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