TAS2R60 explained

Taste receptor type 2 member 60 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R60 gene.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Taste receptor

Further reading

• Margolskee RF . Molecular mechanisms of bitter and sweet taste transduction. . J. Biol. Chem. . 277 . 1 . 1–4 . 2002 . 11696554 . 10.1074/jbc.R100054200 . free .
• Montmayeur JP, Matsunami H . Receptors for bitter and sweet taste. . Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. . 12 . 4 . 366–71 . 2002 . 12139982 . 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00345-8 . 37807140 .
• Zhang Y, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Mueller KL, Cook B, Wu D, Zuker CS, Ryba NJ . Coding of sweet, bitter, and umami tastes: different receptor cells sharing similar signaling pathways . Cell . 112 . 3 . 293–301 . 2003 . 12581520 . 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00071-0 . 718601 . free .
• Shi P, Zhang J, Yang H, Zhang YP . Adaptive diversification of bitter taste receptor genes in Mammalian evolution . Mol. Biol. Evol. . 20 . 5 . 805–14 . 2004 . 12679530 . 10.1093/molbev/msg083 . free .
• Fischer A, Gilad Y, Man O, Pääbo S . Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes . Mol. Biol. Evol. . 22 . 3 . 432–6 . 2005 . 15496549 . 10.1093/molbev/msi027 . free .
• Go Y, Satta Y, Takenaka O, Takahata N . Lineage-Specific Loss of Function of Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Humans and Nonhuman Primates . Genetics . 170 . 1 . 313–26 . 2006 . 15744053 . 1449719 . 10.1534/genetics.104.037523 .

Notes and References

1. Conte C, Ebeling M, Marcuz A, Nef P, Andres-Barquin PJ . Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family . Cytogenet Genome Res . 98 . 1 . 45–53 . Feb 2003 . 12584440 . 10.1159/000068546 . 1542970 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: TAS2R60 taste receptor, type 2, member 60.