TAS2R8

TAS2R8
Identifiers
Aliases	TAS2R8, T2R8, TRB5, taste 2 receptor member 8
External IDs	OMIM: 604794; HomoloGene: 88894; GeneCards: TAS2R8; OMA:TAS2R8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	10,807,286 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	primary visual cortex; ; prefrontal cortex; ; duodenum; ; islet of Langerhans; ; right adrenal gland; ; gallbladder;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	G protein-coupled receptor activity; signal transducer activity; taste receptor activity; bitter taste receptor activity;
Cellular component	plasma membrane; membrane; integral component of membrane;
Biological process	detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste; signal transduction; response to stimulus; sensory perception of taste; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	50836
	n/a
	ENSG00000277316; ENSG00000121314; ENSG00000272712
	n/a
	Q9NYW2
	n/a
	NM_023918
	n/a
	NP_076407
	n/a
	Wikidata
View/Edit Human

Taste receptor type 2 member 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R8 gene.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ENSG00000121314, ENSG00000272712 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000277316, ENSG00000121314, ENSG00000272712 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Adler E, Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (Apr 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.
^ Matsunami H, Montmayeur JP, Buck LB (Apr 2000). "A family of candidate taste receptors in human and mouse". Nature. 404 (6778): 601–4. Bibcode:2000Natur.404..601M. doi:10.1038/35007072. PMID 10766242. S2CID 4336913.
^ "Entrez Gene: TAS2R8 taste receptor, type 2, member 8".