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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 140.
The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5. .
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Tas2r140 |
| Uniprot: | Q7TQA4 |
| Entrez: | 387616 |

| Belongs to: |
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| G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |

Taste receptor type 2 member 140
Mass (kDA):
35.555 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6 G1|6 64.03 cM |
| Sequence: | 6; |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin- positive cells. Expressed in 15% taste bud cells in circumvallate and foliate papillae but only in 2% in fungiform papillae.

PMID: 12734386 by Conte C., et al. Evolutionary relationships of the Tas2r receptor gene families in mouse and human.
PMID: 10766242 by Matsunami H., et al. A family of candidate taste receptors in human and mouse.