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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 259295
Gene name Taste 2 receptor member 20
Gene symbol TAS2R20
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
T2R20T2R49T2R56TAS2R49
Chromosome 12
Chromosome location 12p13.2
Summary This gene encodes a member of the taste receptor two family of class C G-protein coupled receptors. Receptors of this family have a short extracellular N-terminus, seven transmembrane helices, three extracellular loops and three intracellular loops, and a
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1411537 hsa-miR-1324 CLIP-seq
MIRT1411538 hsa-miR-181a CLIP-seq
MIRT1411539 hsa-miR-181b CLIP-seq
MIRT1411540 hsa-miR-181c CLIP-seq
MIRT1411541 hsa-miR-181d CLIP-seq
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 IEA
GO:0004930 Function G protein-coupled receptor activity IEA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IEA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane TAS
GO:0007165 Process Signal transduction IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
613962 19109 ENSG00000255837
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P59543
Protein name Taste receptor type 2 member 20 (Taste receptor type 2 member 49) (T2R49) (Taste receptor type 2 member 56) (T2R56)
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 → 298 Taste receptor protein (TAS2R) Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Sequence
Sequence length 309
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
KEGG Pathway Reactome Pathway
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.).
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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 Reference Evidence Score
Prostate cancer Uncertain significance ClinVar —
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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
Craniosynostosis Craniosynostosis BEFREE 24415641
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Found in Text Mining only