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Gene

TAS1R2

taste 1 receptor member 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 18,839,599–18,859,660 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 20.1 kb
Protein
839 amino acids
Also known as
T1R2, TR2
Previous symbols
GPR71
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000375371.4NM_152232.6
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TAS1R2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TAS1R2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where TAS1R2 sits. TAS1R2 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 18,349,630 to 19,349,629.Chromosome 11p36.13p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4418.4 Mb18.6 Mb18.8 Mb19 Mb19.2 MbIGSF21: 18,107,490–18,378,483, forward strandIGSF21KLHDC7A: 18,480,930–18,485,974, forward strandKLHDC7APAX7: 18,630,846–18,748,876, forward strandPAX7TAS1R2: 18,839,599–18,859,660, reverse strandTAS1R2ALDH4A1: 18,871,425–18,902,799, reverse strandALDH4A1IFFO2: 18,904,280–18,956,676, reverse strandIFFO2UBR4: 19,074,510–19,210,329, reverse strandUBR4EMC1: 19,215,660–19,251,552, reverse strandEMC1MRTO4: 19,251,555–19,260,128, forward strandMRTO4AKR7L: 19,265,982–19,274,194, reverse strandAKR7LAKR7A3: 19,281,056–19,288,823, reverse strandAKR7A3SLC66A1: 19,288,044–19,332,427, forward strandAKR7A2: 19,291,523–19,312,149, reverse strandAKR7A2CAPZB: 19,338,775–19,485,650, reverse strandCAPZBDiagram of TAS1R2: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 1Exon 6: 18,839,599–18,840,527, 929 basesExon 5: 18,841,729–18,841,852, 124 basesExon 4: 18,849,341–18,849,550, 210 basesExon 3: 18,854,213–18,854,986, 774 basesExon 2: 18,857,331–18,857,631, 301 basesExon 1: 18,859,479–18,859,660, 182 bases6543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.5 kb of the gene's 20.1 kb; 2,520 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). TAS1R2 gene: taste 1 receptor member 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas1r2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TAS1R2 gene: taste 1 receptor member 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas1r2

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