Species Human Entrez 54429 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000127366 | |
Aliases TAS2R5, T2R5, taste 2 receptor member 5 External IDs HomoloGene: 49580 GeneCards: TAS2R5 | ||
Taste receptor type 2 member 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R5 gene.
Function
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.
References
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