TAS2R31 (taste 2 receptor member 31)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 259290 |
| Gene name | Taste 2 receptor member 31 |
| Gene symbol | TAS2R31 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
T2R31T2R44T2R53TAS2R44
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| Chromosome | 12 |
| Chromosome location | 12p13.2 |
| Summary | TAS2R44 belongs to the large TAS2R receptor family. TAS2Rs are expressed on the surface of taste receptor cells and mediate the perception of bitterness through a G protein-coupled second messenger pathway (Conte et al., 2002 [PubMed 12584440]). For furth |
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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P59538 | ||||||||||
| Protein name | Taste receptor type 2 member 31 (T2R31) (Taste receptor type 2 member 44) (T2R44) (Taste receptor type 2 member 53) (T2R53) | ||||||||||
| 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- | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 309 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Related Genes
Genes most often co-reported with TAS2R31 across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to TAS2R31 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for TAS2R31 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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