TAS2R3

taste 2 receptor member 3

Summary

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. These apparently intronless taste receptor genes encode 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]

Known Variants17 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs115148377:141,462,045G/Aupstream gene variant
rs7547688067:141,463,974G/Auncertain significance
rs12997707207:141,463,976G/Tuncertain significance
rs1436508717:141,464,038T/Cuncertain significance
rs7464396827:141,464,079A/Guncertain significance
rs7817465377:141,464,096C/Auncertain significance
rs7677222597:141,464,113C/Auncertain significance
rs7499519537:141,464,304C/Guncertain significance
rs12769031177:141,464,316C/Tuncertain significance
rs7497000657:141,464,320G/Cuncertain significance
rs24857641917:141,464,398C/Auncertain significance
rs13718597167:141,464,537A/Tuncertain significance
rs5666730607:141,464,557A/Guncertain significance
rs3729394387:141,464,592C/Guncertain significance
rs9590588157:141,464,593G/Auncertain significance
rs9448836337:141,464,703G/Tlikely benign
rs7674899807:141,464,805A/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.