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Facts about Taste receptor type 2 member 119.
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| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Tas2r119 |
| Uniprot: | Q9JKT2 |
| Entrez: | 57254 |

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

Taste receptor type 2 member 119
Mass (kDA):
37.735 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15|15 B3.1 |
| Sequence: | 15; |
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. Expressed in the gastro and duodenal tissue. Not expressed in colon, liver, heart and kidney.

PMID: 10761934 by Adler E., et al. A novel family of mammalian taste receptors.
PMID: 10761935 by Chandrashekar J., et al. T2Rs function as bitter taste receptors.