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GeneQ18053910· pop 7· linked from 486 articles

Also known as T2R39, T2R57, taste 2 receptor member 39

Taste receptor type 2 member 39 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R39 gene.

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It is catalogued under topics including Genes on human chromosome 7 and Human taste receptors.

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Gene data

TAS2R39
Name
taste 2 receptor member 39
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
T2R39, T2R57

The protein encoded by this gene is a bitter taste receptor that detects green tea catechins, soy isoflavones, and theaflavins. The encoded protein is gustducin-linked and may activate alpha gustducin. This gene is intronless. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015].

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taste 2 receptor member 39

Symbol
TAS2R39
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
7:143,183,419-143,184,435
Strand
Forward (+)
Assembly
GRCh38
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
gene
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HomoloGene ID
52214
found in taxon
Homo sapiens
genomic end
142881528
genomic start
142880512
cytogenetic location
7q34
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Taste receptor type 2 member 39 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R39 gene.

==See also== Taste receptor

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TAS2R39” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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