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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 39.
The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5 (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TAS2R39 |
Uniprot: | P59534 |
Entrez: | 259285 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
T2R39; T2R57; taste receptor type 2 member 39; Taste receptor type 2 member 57; taste receptor, type 2, member 39
Mass (kDA):
38.626 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q34 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (143183419..143184435) |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 12379855 by Bufe B., et al. The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta- glucopyranosides.
PMID: 15496549 by Fischer A., et al. Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.