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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 259287
Gene name Taste 2 receptor member 41
Gene symbol TAS2R41
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
T2R41T2R59
Chromosome 7
Chromosome location 7q35
Summary This gene encodes a member of the bitter taste receptor family which belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and are predominantly expressed in taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encod
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 IDA 20022913
GO:0004930 Function G protein-coupled receptor activity IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 32296183
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
613965 18883 ENSG00000221855
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P59536
Protein name Taste receptor type 2 member 41 (T2R41) (Taste receptor type 2 member 59) (T2R59)
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 → 302 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 307
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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)