TAS2R40
Identifiers
Aliases	TAS2R40, GPR60, T2R40, T2R58, taste 2 receptor member 40
External IDs	OMIM: 613964 MGI: 2681312 HomoloGene: 47977 GeneCards: TAS2R40
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human)[1] Band 7q34 Start 143,222,037 bp[1] End 143,223,079 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 6 (mouse)[2] Band 6|6 B2.1 Start 42,192,262 bp[2] End 42,193,221 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in corpus callosum blood monocyte sural nerve spleen appendix right lung left uterine tube upper lobe of lung upper lobe of left lung n/a More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
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 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 Species Human Mouse Entrez 259286 387515 Ensembl ENSG00000221937 ENSMUSG00000051917 UniProt P59535 Q7TQB8 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_176882 NM_001001453 RefSeq (protein) NP_795363 NP_001001453 Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 143.22 – 143.22 Mb Chr 6: 42.19 – 42.19 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Taste receptor type 2 member 40 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R40 gene.^[5][6]