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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 13.
The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TAS2R13 |
Uniprot: | Q9NYV9 |
Entrez: | 50838 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
Taste receptor type 2 member 13
Mass (kDA):
35.118 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.2 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (10907926..10909562, complement) |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin- positive cells.
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.