taste receptor, type 1, member 1 (G-protein coupled receptor 70, Gm148, TAS1R1, GPR70, T1R1, TR1)

Function

• taste receptor (putative)
• TAS1R1/TAS1R3 responds to the umami taste stimulus (taste of monosodium glutamate, MSG)
• forms heterodimers with TAS1R3

Structure

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

Compartment

cell membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=4

More general terms

• taste receptor, type 1
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=80835
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:8083
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606225
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q7RTX1.html