TAS2R20

TAS2R20
Identifiers
Aliases	TAS2R20, T2R20, T2R49, T2R56, TAS2R49, taste 2 receptor member 20
External IDs	HomoloGene: 107105 GeneCards: TAS2R20
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • signal transducer activity • bitter taste receptor activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • membrane • integral component of membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • sensory perception of taste • signal transduction • response to stimulus • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	259295	n/a
Ensembl	n/a	n/a
UniProt	P59543	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_176889	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_795370	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 11 – 11 Mb	n/a
PubMed search		n/a
Wikidata
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Taste receptor type 2 member 20 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R20 gene.

See also

• Taste receptor

Further reading

• Margolskee RF (2002). "Molecular mechanisms of bitter and sweet taste transduction.". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.R100054200. PMID 11696554. 
• Montmayeur JP, Matsunami H (2002). "Receptors for bitter and sweet taste.". Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 12 (4): 366–71. doi:10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00345-8. PMID 12139982. 
• Bufe B, Hofmann T, Krautwurst D, Raguse JD, Meyerhof W (2002). "The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta-glucopyranosides.". Nat. Genet. 32 (3): 397–401. doi:10.1038/ng1014. PMID 12379855. 
• Zhang Y, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Mueller KL, Cook B, Wu D, Zuker CS, Ryba NJ (2003). "Coding of sweet, bitter, and umami tastes: different receptor cells sharing similar signaling pathways.". Cell. 112 (3): 293–301. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00071-0. PMID 12581520. 
• Conte C, Ebeling M, Marcuz A, Nef P, Andres-Barquin PJ (2003). "Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family.". Cytogenet. Genome Res. 98 (1): 45–53. doi:10.1159/000068546. PMID 12584440. 
• Fischer A, Gilad Y, Man O, Pääbo S (2005). "Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes.". Mol. Biol. Evol. 22 (3): 432–6. doi:10.1093/molbev/msi027. PMID 15496549. 
• Go Y, Satta Y, Takenaka O, Takahata N (2006). "Lineage-specific loss of function of bitter taste receptor genes in humans and nonhuman primates.". Genetics. 170 (1): 313–26. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.037523. PMC 1449719. PMID 15744053. 

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.