TAS2R1

Taste receptor type 2 member 1 is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R1 is_associated_with::gene.

Function
This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate is_associated_with::taste receptors that are members of the is_associated_with::G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. This intronless taste receptor gene encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is mapped to chromosome 5p15, the location of a genetic locus (PROP) that controls the detection of the bitter compound is_associated_with::6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil.