{"symbol":"TAS2R5","synonyms":["T2R5"],"name":"taste receptor, type 2, member 5","description":"This gene encodes a bitter taste receptor; bitter taste receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. Each of these apparently intronless taste receptor genes encodes a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is clustered with another 3 candidate taste receptor genes on chromosome 7 and is genetically linked to loci that influence bitter perception. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":54429,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/54429","proteins":[{"symbol":"TA2R5_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TA2R5_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"G protein-coupled receptors","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/G+protein-coupled+receptors"}]}