Species: Hu
Applications: WB
Description
FUNCTION: Gustducin-coupled receptor implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. MISCELLANEOUS: Several bitter taste receptors are expressed in a single taste receptor cell.
Bioinformatics
| Entrez |
Human
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| Uniprot |
Human
Human
Human
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| Product By Gene ID |
259286 |
| Alternate Names |
- G protein-coupled receptor 60
- GPR60
- G-protein coupled receptor 60
- MGC126844
- MGC126846
- T2R40
- T2R58
- taste receptor type 2 member 40
- Taste receptor type 2 member 58
- taste receptor, type 2, member 40
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Research Areas for TAS2R40
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GPCR
