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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 50832
Gene name Taste 2 receptor member 4
Gene symbol TAS2R4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
T2R4
Chromosome 7
Chromosome location 7q34
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. These apparently intronless
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT724728 hsa-miR-8084 HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT724727 hsa-miR-34b-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT724726 hsa-miR-138-1-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT724725 hsa-miR-3124-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
MIRT724724 hsa-miR-7111-3p HITS-CLIP 19536157
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 IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
604869 14911 ENSG00000127364
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9NYW5
Protein name Taste receptor type 2 member 4 (T2R4)
Protein function Gustducin-coupled receptor for denatonium and N(6)-propyl-2-thiouracil implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5. In a
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF05296 TAS2R 1 → 299 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. Expressed on airway ciliated epithelium. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19628819}.
Sequence
Sequence length 299
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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)