Species: Hu
Applications: IHC
Host: Rabbit Polyclonal
Species: Hu
Applications: WB
Host: Rabbit Polyclonal
Species: Hu
Applications: WB
Species: Hu
Applications: AC
Description
TAS2R1 encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is mapped to chromosome 5p15, the location of a genetic locus (PROP) that controls the detection of the bitter compound 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil. 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. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. MISCELLANEOUS: Most taste cells may be activated by a limited number of bitter compounds; individual taste cells can discriminate among bitter stimuli.; ; Useful Links; The Human Olfactory Data Exploratorium: HORDE; Olfactory Receptor Data Base: ORDB; Transmembrane Analysis: TM analysis
Bioinformatics
Entrez |
Human |
Uniprot |
Human Human |
Product By Gene ID |
50834 |
Alternate Names |
- MGC126778
- T2R1MGC126780
- Taste receptor family B member 7
- taste receptor, family B, member 7
- taste receptor, type 2, member 1
- TRB7taste receptor type 2 member 1
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Research Areas for TAS2R1
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GPCR