taste receptor, type 1, member 2 (G-protein coupled receptor 71, sweet taste receptor T1R2, TAS1R2, GPR71, T1R2, TR2)

Function

• taste receptor (putative)
• TAS1R2/TAS1R3 recognizes diverse natural & synthetic sweeteners
• forms heterodimers with TAS1R3

Structure

• belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 3 family TAS1R subfamily

Compartment

cell membrane

More general terms

• taste receptor, type 1

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606226
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:8083
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=80834
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TE23.html