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Gene

TAS2R1

taste 2 receptor member 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5p15.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 9,627,347–9,630,351 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 3 kb
Protein
299 amino acids
Also known as
T2R1, TRB7
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000382492.4NM_019599.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads TAS2R1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TAS2R1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where TAS2R1 sits. TAS2R1 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 5, from 9,128,849 to 10,128,848.Chromosome 55p15.31p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.39.2 Mb9.4 Mb9.6 Mb9.8 Mb10 MbSEMA5A: 9,035,033–9,546,142, reverse strandSEMA5ATAS2R1: 9,627,347–9,630,351, reverse strandTAS2R1Diagram of TAS2R1: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 9,627,347–9,630,351, 3,005 bases15′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 3 kb of the gene's 3 kb; 900 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). TAS2R1 gene: taste 2 receptor member 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TAS2R1 gene: taste 2 receptor member 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r1

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