TAS2R10

TAS2R10
Identifiers
AliasesTAS2R10, T2R10, TRB2, taste 2 receptor member 10
External IDsOMIM: 604791; MGI: 2681218; HomoloGene: 128355; GeneCards: TAS2R10; OMA:TAS2R10 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_023921

NM_207019

RefSeq (protein)

NP_076410

NP_996902

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 10.83 – 10.83 MbChr 6: 131.67 – 131.67 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Taste receptor type 2 member 10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R10 gene.[5][6][7] The protein is responsible for bitter taste recognition in mammals. It serves as a defense mechanism to prevent consumption of toxic substances which often have a characteristic bitter taste.[8]

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  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000063478Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Adler E, Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (March 2000). "A novel family of mammalian taste receptors". Cell. 100 (6): 693–702. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80705-9. PMID 10761934. S2CID 14604586.
  6. ^ Matsunami H, Montmayeur JP, Buck LB (April 2000). "A family of candidate taste receptors in human and mouse". Nature. 404 (6778): 601–604. Bibcode:2000Natur.404..601M. doi:10.1038/35007072. PMID 10766242. S2CID 4336913.
  7. ^ "TAS2R10 taste receptor, type 2, member 10". Entrez Gene. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  8. ^ Born S, Levit A, Niv MY, Meyerhof W, Behrens M (January 2013). "The human bitter taste receptor TAS2R10 is tailored to accommodate numerous diverse ligands". The Journal of Neuroscience. 33 (1): 201–213. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3248-12.2013. PMC 6618634. PMID 23283334.