Gene Information
Gene NameTAS2R8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length309
Protein NamesTaste receptor type 2 member 8 (T2R8) (Taste receptor family B member 5) (TRB5)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age18 ( ENSG00000121314 )
3 ( ENSG00000272712 )
3 ( ENSG00000277316 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ9NYW2
Gene CardTAS2R8
Uniprot IDQ9NYW2
PfamPF05296
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.737146255)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ TAS2R8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ TAS2R8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsTAS2R9, TAS2R7, TAS2R20, TAS2R50, TAS2R43, TAS2R14, TAS2R19, TAS2R30, TAS2R46, TAS2R13, TAS2R31, TAS2R10, TAS2R42, TAS2R3, TAS2R5, TAS2R38, TAS2R1, TAS2R41, TAS2R60, TAS2R16, TAS2R4, TAS2R39, TAS2R40
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs2537817 
Subcellular location [CC]Membrane;
Multi-pass membrane protein.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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