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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 40.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TAS2R40 |
| Uniprot: | P59535 |
| Entrez: | 259286 |

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

Taste receptor type 2 member 40
Mass (kDA):
36.812 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q34 |
| Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (143222037..143223079) |
Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.


PMID: 12379855 by Bufe B., et al. The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta- glucopyranosides.
PMID: 15496549 by Fischer A., et al. Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.