ENCODES a protein that exhibits bitter taste receptor activity (ortholog); INVOLVED IN detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste (ortholog); FOUND IN membrane (inferred); INTERACTS WITH 17beta-estradiol; ammonium chloride; bisphenol A
Predicted to enable bitter taste receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste. Predicted to be active in membrane. Is expressed in circumvallate papillae; colon; duodenum; and jejunum. Orthologous to human TAS2R1 (taste