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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 16.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | TAS2R16 |
Uniprot: | Q9NYV7 |
Entrez: | 50833 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
Taste receptor type 2 member 16
Mass (kDA):
33.986 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q31.32|7q31 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (122994704..122995700, complement) |
Expressed in a subset of gustducin-positive taste receptor cells of the tongue. Expressed in circumvallate papillae and testis (PubMed:16720576).
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 10761934 by Adler E., et al. A novel family of mammalian taste receptors.
PMID: 15496549 by Fischer A., et al. Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.