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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 42.
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: | TAS2R42 |
Uniprot: | Q7RTR8 |
Entrez: | 353164 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
Taste receptor type 2 member 42
Mass (kDA):
36.195 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.2 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (11185993..11186937, complement) |
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 15496549 by Fischer A., et al. Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.
PMID: 12679530 by Shi P., et al. Adaptive diversification of bitter taste receptor genes in mammalian evolution.