TAS2R4

Taste receptor type 2 member 4 is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R4 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. These apparently intronless genes encode a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is clustered with another 3 candidate taste receptor genes in chromosome 7 and is genetically linked to loci that influence bitter perception.