Protein Name taste 2 receptor member 39
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 259285
Gene Symbol

TAS2R39

UniProt P59534 (T2R39_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 24
Total Number of Articles : 12
Description

taste 2 receptor member 39

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a bitter taste receptor that detects green tea catechins, soy isoflavones, and theaflavins. The encoded protein is gustducin-linked and may activate alpha gustducin. This gene is intronless. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]

synonyms
  • taste receptor type 2 member 39
  • taste receptor type 2 member 57
  • taste receptor, type 2, member 39
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Properties