Gene Information
Gene NameTAS2R9
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length312
Protein NamesTaste receptor type 2 member 9 (T2R9) (Taste receptor family B member 6) (TRB6)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age18 ( ENSG00000121381 )
3 ( ENSG00000273086 )
3 ( ENSG00000273713 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ9NYW1
Gene CardTAS2R9
Uniprot IDQ9NYW1
PfamPF05296
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.244151228)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ TAS2R9 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ TAS2R9 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ TAS2R9 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ TAS2R9 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsTAS2R8, 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 rs11054043  rs3741845  rs11054042 
Subcellular location [CC]Membrane;
Multi-pass membrane protein.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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