{"symbol":"TAS2R16","synonyms":["T2R16","BGLPT"],"name":"taste receptor, type 2, member 16","description":"This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. These family members are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. Each of these apparently intronless genes encodes 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":50833,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/50833","proteins":[{"symbol":"T2R16_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/T2R16_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}