Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 50834
Gene name Taste 2 receptor member 1
Gene symbol TAS2R1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
T2R1TRB7
Chromosome 5
Chromosome location 5p15.31-p15.2
Summary This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste recept
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001580 Process Detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste IBA
GO:0001580 Process Detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste IDA 20022913
GO:0004930 Function G protein-coupled receptor activity IEA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IEA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane TAS
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
604796 14909 ENSG00000169777
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9NYW7
Protein name Taste receptor type 2 member 1 (T2R1) (Taste receptor family B member 7) (TRB7)
Protein function Receptor that may play a role in the perception of bitterness and is gustducin-linked. May play a role in sensing the chemical composition of the gastrointestinal content. The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF05296 TAS2R 1 296 Taste receptor protein (TAS2R) Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Sequence
Sequence length 299
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Taste transduction   G alpha (i) signalling events
Class C/3 (Metabotropic glutamate/pheromone receptors)
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
1
Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
AUTISM GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Autistic Disorder Autism BEFREE 19812673
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Autistic Disorder Autism Pubtator 19812673 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only