Gene Information
Gene NameTAS2R50
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length299
Protein NamesTaste receptor type 2 member 50 (T2R50) (Taste receptor type 2 member 51) (T2R51)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age55 ( ENSG00000212126 )
3 ( ENSG00000273431 )
3 ( ENSG00000276167 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP59544
Gene CardTAS2R50
Uniprot IDP59544
PfamPF05296
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.518488026)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ TAS2R50 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CAFA-T2R43 ( ortholog_many2many )
Macaque_ TAS2R50 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Tas2r120 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Tas2r136 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Tas2r136 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Tas2r120 ( ortholog_many2many )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsTAS2R43, TAS2R30, TAS2R46, TAS2R31, TAS2R20, TAS2R19, TAS2R14, TAS2R13, TAS2R42, TAS2R10, TAS2R9, TAS2R8, TAS2R7, TAS2R3, TAS2R5, TAS2R38, TAS2R1, TAS2R41, TAS2R60, TAS2R16, TAS2R4, TAS2R39, TAS2R40
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs1376251 
Subcellular location [CC]Membrane;
Multi-pass membrane protein.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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