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Taste 2 receptors C

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Taste 2 receptors or Bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs) are G protein-coupled receptors expressed in oral sensory cells and a variety of non-gustatory tissues. The ~25 human TAS2Rs share low amino acid sequence identities with other GPCR families and are classified as broadly tuned "generalist" receptors with numerous, chemically diverse bitter agonists, as narrowly tuned "specialist" receptors with very few activators, as intermediately tuned receptors with an average number of agonists, or receptors specialized to interact with chemically defined activators [32]. The number of functional bitter taste receptor genes varies among species and orthologues might not be functionally conserved. Due to their expression in various tissues, the signal transduction of TAS2Rs is complex. Some TAS2Rs interact with drugs such as analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial compounds. The specialist database BitterDB contains additional information on bitter compounds and receptors [13].

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Target Id 682
Nomenclature TAS2R38
Previous and unofficial names phenylthiocarbamide tasting | PTC | T2R61 | taste receptor, type 2, member 38
Genes TAS2R38 (Hs)
Ensembl ID ENSG00000257138 (Hs)
UniProtKB AC P59533 (Hs)
BitterDB 38 (Hs)
Principal transduction -
Agonists
propylthiouracil [10]
phenylthiocarbamide [10]
goitrin [51]
methimazole [5]
sinigrin [32]
Antagonists
probenecid pIC50 3.7 [18]
Comment Of the two main variants of TAS2R38, only the taster-variant (TAS2R38-PAV) is exquisitely sensitive to the listed agonists as well as to structurally related bitter substances from cruciferous vegetables. The non-taster variant (TAS2R38-AVI) is non-functional [10,24].

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Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY citation:

Alexander SPH, Christopoulos A, Davenport AP, Kelly E, Mathie AA, Peters JA, Veale EL, Armstrong JF, Faccenda E, Harding SD, Davies JA et al. (2023) The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors. Br J Pharmacol. 180 Suppl 2:S23-S144.