TAS2R8

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Taste receptor, type 2, member 8
Identifiers
Symbols	TAS2R8; T2R8; TRB5
External IDs	OMIM: 604794 HomoloGene: 88894 GeneCards: TAS2R8 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • taste receptor activity Cellular component • membrane • integral to membrane Biological process • signal transduction • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway • response to stimulus • sensory perception of taste Sources: Amigo / EGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	50836	n/a
Ensembl	ENSG00000121314	n/a
UniProt	Q9NYW2	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_023918	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_076407	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 10.85 - 10.85 Mb	n/a
PubMed search	[1]	n/a

Taste receptor type 2 member 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R8 gene.

This gene product belongs to the family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily. These proteins are specifically expressed in the taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. They are organized in the genome in clusters and are genetically linked to loci that influence bitter perception in mice and humans. In functional expression studies, they respond to bitter tastants. This gene maps to the taste receptor gene cluster on chromosome 12p13.

See also

• Taste receptor

Further reading

• Kinnamon SC (2000). "A plethora of taste receptors". Neuron. 25 (3): 507–10. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81054-5. PMID 10774719. 
• Margolskee RF (2002). "Molecular mechanisms of bitter and sweet taste transduction". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.R100054200. PMID 11696554. 
• Montmayeur JP, Matsunami H (2002). "Receptors for bitter and sweet taste". Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 12 (4): 366–71. doi:10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00345-8. PMID 12139982. 
• Chandrashekar J, Mueller KL, Hoon MA; et al. (2000). "T2Rs function as bitter taste receptors". Cell. 100 (6): 703–11. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80706-0. PMID 10761935. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241 Freely accessible. PMID 12477932. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Zhang Y, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J; et al. (2003). "Coding of sweet, bitter, and umami tastes: different receptor cells sharing similar signaling pathways". Cell. 112 (3): 293–301. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00071-0. PMID 12581520. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA; et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928 Freely accessible. PMID 15489334. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Fischer A, Gilad Y, Man O, Pääbo S (2005). "Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes". Mol. Biol. Evol. 22 (3): 432–6. doi:10.1093/molbev/msi027. PMID 15496549. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Go Y, Satta Y, Takenaka O, Takahata N (2006). "Lineage-specific loss of function of bitter taste receptor genes in humans and nonhuman primates". Genetics. 170 (1): 313–26. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.037523. PMC 1449719 Freely accessible. PMID 15744053. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.