{"symbol":"TAS2R1","synonyms":["T2R1","TRB7"],"name":"taste receptor, type 2, member 1","description":"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. This gene is mapped to chromosome 5p15, the location of a genetic locus (PROP) that controls the detection of the bitter compound 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":50834,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/50834","proteins":[{"symbol":"TA2R1_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TA2R1_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}