TAS2R20

TAS2R20
Identifiers
Aliases	TAS2R20 , T2R20, T2R49, T2R56, TAS2R49, taste 2 receptor member 20
External IDs	OMIM: 613962 HomoloGene: 107105 GeneCards: TAS2R20
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	10,998,304 bp
Gene ontology
Molecular function	• G protein-coupled receptor activity ; • signal transducer activity ; • bitter taste receptor activity ;
Cellular component	• plasma membrane ; • membrane ; • integral component of membrane ;
Biological process	• sensory perception of taste ; • signal transduction ; • response to stimulus ; • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste ; • G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway ;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	259295
	n/a
	ENSG00000282612 ; ENSG00000255837 ; ENSG00000273092
	n/a
	P59543
	n/a
	NM_176889
	n/a
	NP_795370
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Last updated July 07, 2021

Taste receptor type 2 member 20 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R20 gene.^[3]

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Taste receptor type 2 member 40 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R40 gene.

Taste receptor type 2 member 41 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R41 gene.

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References

1 2 3 ENSG00000255837, ENSG00000273092 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000282612, ENSG00000255837, ENSG00000273092 - Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Entrez Gene: TAS2R20 taste receptor, type 2, member 20".

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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. S2CID 37807140.
Bufe B, Hofmann T, Krautwurst D, Raguse JD, Meyerhof W (2002). "The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta-glucopyranosides". Nat. Genet. 32 (3): 397–401. doi:10.1038/ng1014. PMID 12379855. S2CID 20426192.
Zhang Y, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Mueller KL, Cook B, Wu D, Zuker CS, Ryba NJ (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. S2CID 718601.
Conte C, Ebeling M, Marcuz A, Nef P, Andres-Barquin PJ (2003). "Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family". Cytogenet. Genome Res. 98 (1): 45–53. doi:10.1159/000068546. PMID 12584440. S2CID 1542970.
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.
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 . PMID 15744053.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 ENSG00000255837, ENSG00000273092 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000282612, ENSG00000255837, ENSG00000273092 - Ensembl, May 2017

[2] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[entrez-3] "Entrez Gene: TAS2R20 taste receptor, type 2, member 20".

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