phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste stimulus

Introduction

taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)

Complex inheritance for this trait.

For some people (& some chimpanzees also), PTC tastes very bitter.

For others, it is tasteless.

5 haplotypes arising from three coding SNPs in the TAS2R38 gene are associated with distinct phenotypes of PTC taste sensitivity.

More general terms

• taste stimulus

Additional terms

• taste receptor, type 2, member 38 (T2R38, T2R61, PTC bitter taste receptor, TAS2R38)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/171200