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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 60.
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: | TAS2R60 |
Uniprot: | P59551 |
Entrez: | 338398 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
Taste receptor type 2 member 60
Mass (kDA):
36.337 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q35 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (143443453..143444409) |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
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.