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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 5.
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: | TAS2R5 |
Uniprot: | Q9NYW4 |
Entrez: | 54429 |
Belongs to: |
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G-protein coupled receptor T2R family |
taste receptor, type 2, member 5
Mass (kDA):
34.505 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q34 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (141790217..141791367) |
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.