TAS2R19

TAS2R19
Identifiers
Aliases	TAS2R19, MSTP058, T2R19, T2R23, T2R48, TAS2R23, TAS2R48, taste 2 receptor member 19
External IDs	HomoloGene: 89250 GeneCards: TAS2R19
Gene ontology Molecular function • G-protein coupled receptor activity • signal transducer activity • bitter taste receptor activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway • detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste • signal transduction • response to stimulus • sensory perception of taste Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	259294	n/a
Ensembl	n/a	n/a
UniProt	P59542	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_176888	n/a
RefSeq (protein)	NP_795369	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 11.02 – 11.02 Mb	n/a
PubMed search		n/a
Wikidata
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Taste receptor type 2 member 19 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R19 gene. It seems to be involved in the perception of salt and bitter tastes.

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. 
• 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. 
• Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F, Macek B, Kumar C, Mortensen P, Mann M (2006). "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks.". Cell. 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983. 

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