Taste receptor type 2 member 40 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R40 gene.
This gene encodes a member of the bitter taste receptor family which belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and are predominantly expressed in taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encodes a seven-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is clustered together with eight other taste receptor genes on chromosome 7. A decrease in the expression of this gene is associated with hypogeusia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2017].
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Taste receptor type 2 member 40 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R40 gene.
==See also== Taste receptor
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