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Taste receptor type 2 member 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R5 gene.[3]

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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000127366Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: TAS2R5 taste receptor, type 2, member 5".

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.

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