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Gene

TAS2R38

taste 2 receptor member 38

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q34
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 141,972,631–141,973,773 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.1 kb
Protein
333 amino acids
Also known as
T2R61
Previous symbols
PTC
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000547270.1NM_176817.5
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.

Trait report that reads TAS2R38

How TAS2R38 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where TAS2R38 sits. TAS2R38 and 16 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 141,473,202 to 142,473,201.Chromosome 77q34p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3141.6 Mb141.8 Mb142 Mb142.2 Mb142.4 MbTMEM178B: 141,074,038–141,480,380, forward strandTMEM178BAGK: 141,551,278–141,657,486, forward strandAGKDENND11: 141,656,728–141,702,185, reverse strandDENND11WEE2: 141,702,227–141,731,271, forward strandWEE2SSBP1: 141,731,899–141,787,922, forward strandSSBP1TAS2R3: 141,764,097–141,765,197, forward strandTAS2R3TAS2R4: 141,776,674–141,781,691, forward strandTAS2R4TAS2R5: 141,790,217–141,791,367, forward strandTAS2R5PRSS37: 141,836,300–141,841,487, reverse strandPRSS37OR9A1P: 141,887,148–141,888,092, forward strandOR9A1PMGAM: 141,907,813–142,106,747, forward strandMGAMOR9A4: 141,916,399–141,920,625, forward strandOR9A4CLEC5A: 141,927,357–141,947,007, reverse strandCLEC5ATAS2R38: 141,972,631–141,973,773, reverse strandTAS2R38MGAM2: 142,111,718–142,222,324, forward strandMGAM2PRSS58: 142,252,141–142,258,062, reverse strandPRSS58TRBV11-2: 142,433,895–142,434,394, forward strandTRBV11-2Diagram of TAS2R38: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 141,972,631–141,973,773, 1,143 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 1.1 kb of the gene's 1.1 kb; 1,002 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.). TAS2R38 gene: taste 2 receptor member 38. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r38

Vancouver

Dante Labs. TAS2R38 gene: taste 2 receptor member 38 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/tas2r38

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