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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 46.
The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5 (By similarity). In airway epithelial cells, binding of bitter compounds increases the intracellular calcium ion concentration and stimulates ciliary beat frequency (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TAS2R46 |
Uniprot: | P59540 |
Entrez: | 259292 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
MGC134865; T2R54T2R46Taste receptor type 2 member 54; taste receptor type 2 member 46; taste receptor, type 2, member 46
Mass (kDA):
35.523 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.2 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (11061365..11062294, complement) |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. Expressed on ciliated airway epithelium.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell projection, cilium membrane. In airway epithelial cells, localizes to motile cilia.
PMID: 12584440 by Conte C., et al. Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family.
PMID: 15496549 by Fischer A., et al. Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.