We use cookies to enhance the usability of our website. If you continue, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies. More information. Don't show this again.
Fractions of cells in cases of gliomas showed cytoplasmic staining. Remaining cancers were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
TAS2R1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
T2R1, TRB7
Description
Taste receptor, type 2, member 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is mapped to chromosome 5p15, the location of a genetic locus (PROP) that controls the detection of the bitter compound 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]