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Gene

TAS2R16

taste 2 receptor member 16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q31.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 122,994,704–122,995,700 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1 kb
Protein
291 amino acids
Also known as
T2R16
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000249284.3NM_016945.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

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 TAS2R16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How TAS2R16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where TAS2R16 sits. TAS2R16 and 5 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 122,495,202 to 123,495,201.Chromosome 77q31.32p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3122.6 Mb122.8 Mb123 Mb123.2 Mb123.4 MbCADPS2: 122,318,258–122,886,779, reverse strandCADPS2RNF133: 122,697,735–122,699,117, reverse strandRNF133RNF148: 122,701,668–122,702,922, reverse strandRNF148TAS2R16: 122,994,704–122,995,700, reverse strandTAS2R16SLC13A1: 123,113,531–123,200,047, reverse strandSLC13A1IQUB: 123,452,169–123,535,077, reverse strandIQUBDiagram of TAS2R16: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 122,994,704–122,995,700, 997 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 1 kb of the gene's 1 kb; 876 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). TAS2R16 gene: taste 2 receptor member 16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TAS2R16 gene: taste 2 receptor member 16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r16

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