Tags: Protein.
Taste receptor type 2 member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R1 gene.This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the 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.