| Gene Symbol |
TAS2R7
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| Entrez Gene |
50837
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| Alt Symbol |
T2R7, TRB4
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
taste receptor, type 2, member 7
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| Other Description |
taste receptor family B member 4|taste receptor type 2 member 7|taste receptor, family B, member 4
|
| Swissprots |
Q645Y1 Q9NYW3
|
| Accessions |
AAF43906 BAD97941 BAD97942 BAD97943 CAI53536 EAW96208 Q9NYW3 BC069091 AAH69091 BC093992 AAH93992 BC113561 AAI13562 NM_023919 NP_076408
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| 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.
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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 palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin- positive cells.
|
| Top Pathways |
Taste transduction
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![Western Blot: TAS2R7 Overexpression Lysate (Adult Normal) [NBL1-16712] Left-Empty vector transfected control cell lysate (HEK293 cell lysate); Right -Over-expression Lysate for TAS2R7.](http://www.bioprodhub.com/system/product_images/cel_products/5/sub_2/9206_TAS2R7%2520Overexpression%2520Lysate%2520(Adult%2520Normal)-Western%2520Blot-NBL1-16712-img0002.jpg)