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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 5726
Gene name Taste 2 receptor member 38
Gene symbol TAS2R38
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
PTCT2R38T2R61THIOT
Chromosome 7
Chromosome location 7q34
Summary This gene encodes a seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor that controls the ability to taste glucosinolates, a family of bitter-tasting compounds found in plants of the Brassica sp. Synthetic compounds phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and 6-n-propylthio
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs713598 C>A,G,T Drug-response Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs1726866 G>A Drug-response, benign Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs10246939 T>C Drug-response Coding sequence variant, missense variant
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: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 IDA 12379855
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607751 9584 ENSG00000257138
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P59533
Protein name Taste receptor type 2 member 38 (T2R38) (PTC bitter taste receptor) (Taste receptor type 2 member 61) (T2R61)
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 11 → 316 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. Expressed in testis (PubMed:16720576). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16720576}.
Sequence
Sequence length 333
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
Phenylthiocarbamide tasting drug response; Benign ClinVar —
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Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Show/Hide Text Mining Associations (113)
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adenocarcinoma of pancreas Pancreatic adenocarcinoma BEFREE 28261999
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Adenocarcinoma, Oxyphilic Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 24559275, 28816539
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Adenocarcinoma, Tubular Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 30349383
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Adenoma Adenoma BEFREE 10646882, 15126554, 17639054
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Adenoma of large intestine Colorectal adenoma BEFREE 24083639
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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Multiple polyposis syndrome BEFREE 24702198, 27623068, 28314770, 9841749
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Adenomatous Polyps Adenomatous Polyposis BEFREE 21769326
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Anaplasia Anaplasia BEFREE 19809427, 25260367
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Anaplastic carcinoma Anaplastic Carcinoma BEFREE 10934169
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma Anaplastic thyroid cancer BEFREE 12729478, 15880523, 19370508, 24295207, 25456951, 27259715, 29976183
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Found in Text Mining only