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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP08042
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 13753
Name Taste receptor type 2 member 4
Synonyms
  1. T2R4
Gene Name TAS2R4
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in G-protein coupled receptor activity
Specific Function Gustducin-coupled receptor for denatonium and N(6)- propyl-2-thiouracil implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5. In airway epithelial cells, binding of denatonium increases the intracellular calcium ion concentration and stimulates ciliary beat frequency
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Component
cell part
membrane part
intrinsic to membrane
integral to membrane
Function
receptor activity
transmembrane receptor activity
molecular transducer activity
signal transducer activity
g-protein coupled receptor activity
Process
multicellular organismal process
system process
neurological system process
sensory perception
sensory perception of chemical stimulus
sensory perception of taste
signaling
signaling pathway
cell surface receptor linked signaling pathway
g-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway
Cellular Location
  1. Membrane
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein
  3. Cell projection
  4. cilium membrane
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:7
Locus 7q31.3-q32
SNPs TAS2R4
Gene Sequence
>900 bp
ATGCTTCGGTTATTCTATTTCTCTGCTATTATTGCCTCAGTTATTTTAAATTTTGTAGGA
ATCATTATGAATCTGTTTATTACAGTGGTCAATTGCAAAACTTGGGTCAAAAGCCATAGA
ATCTCCTCTTCTGATAGGATTCTGTTCAGCCTGGGCATCACCAGGTTTCTTATGCTGGGA
CTATTTCTGGTGAACACCATCTACTTCGTCTCTTCAAATACGGAAAGGTCAGTCTACCTG
TCTGCTTTTTTTGTGTTGTGTTTCATGTTTTTGGACTCGAGCAGTGTCTGGTTTGTGACC
TTGCTCAATATCTTGTACTGTGTGAAGATTACTAACTTCCAACACTCAGTGTTTCTCCTG
CTGAAGCGGAATATCTCCCCAAAGATCCCCAGGCTGCTGCTGGCCTGTGTGCTGATTTCT
GCTTTCACCACTTGCCTGTACATCACGCTTAGCCAGGCATCACCTTTTCCTGAACTTGTG
ACTACGAGAAATAACACATCATTTAATATCAGTGAGGGCATCTTGTCTTTAGTGGTTTCT
TTGGTCTTGAGCTCATCTCTCCAGTTCATCATTAATGTGACTTCTGCTTCCTTGCTAATA
CACTCCTTGAGGAGACATATACAGAAGATGCAGAAAAATGCCACTGGTTTCTGGAATCCC
CAGACGGAAGCTCATGTAGGTGCTATGAAGCTGATGGTCTATTTCCTCATCCTCTACATT
CCATATTCAGTTGCTACCCTGGTCCAGTATCTCCCCTTTTATGCAGGGATGGATATGGGG
ACCAAATCCATTTGTCTGATTTTTGCCACCCTTTACTCTCCAGGACATTCTGTTCTCATT
ATTATCACACATCCTAAACTGAAAACAACAGCAAAGAAGATTCTTTGTTTCAAAAAATAG
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 299
Molecular Weight 33840.2
Theoretical pI 10.28
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • None
Transmembrane Regions
  • 10-30
  • 47-67
  • 82-102
  • 132-152
  • 173-193
  • 231-251
  • 263-283
Protein Sequence
>Taste receptor type 2 member 4
MLRLFYFSAIIASVILNFVGIIMNLFITVVNCKTWVKSHRISSSDRILFSLGITRFLMLG
LFLVNTIYFVSSNTERSVYLSAFFVLCFMFLDSSSVWFVTLLNILYCVKITNFQHSVFLL
LKRNISPKIPRLLLACVLISAFTTCLYITLSQASPFPELVTTRNNTSFNISEGILSLVVS
LVLSSSLQFIINVTSASLLIHSLRRHIQKMQKNATGFWNPQTEAHVGAMKLMVYFLILYI
PYSVATLVQYLPFYAGMDMGTKSICLIFATLYSPGHSVLIIITHPKLKTTAKKILCFKK
GenBank ID Protein 41393516
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q9NYW5
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name TA2R4_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AC004979
GeneCard ID TAS2R4
GenAtlas ID TAS2R4
HGNC ID HGNC:14911
References
General References
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