Taste receptor: Information from Answers.com

A Taste receptor is a type of receptor which facilitates the sensation of taste.

Examples include TAS2R16 and TAS2R38.

They are divided into two families:

Type 1, sweet, first characterized in 2001:^[1] TAS1R1 – TAS1R3
Type 2, bitter, first characterized in 2000:^[2] TAS2R1 – TAS2R50, and TAS2R60

References

^ Nelson G, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Zhang Y, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (August 2001). "Mammalian sweet taste receptors". Cell 106 (3): 381–90. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00451-2. PMID 11509186.
^ Adler E, Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (March 2000). "A novel family of mammalian taste receptors". Cell 100 (6): 693–702. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80705-9. PMID 10761934.

External links

Adler E Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba JP, Zucker CS, Patton A (2000). "A Novel Family of Mammalian Taste Receptors - An Investigative Review". Davidson College Biology Department. http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/MolStudents/spring2000/patton/only/review.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-11.
MeSH taste+receptors,+type+1
MeSH taste+receptors,+type+2

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Transmembrane receptor: G protein-coupled receptors

Class A: Rhodopsin like

Adrenergic	α1 (A, B, D) · α2 (A, B, C) · β1 · β2 · β3

Eicosanoid	CysLT (1, 2) · LTB4 (1, 2) · FPRL1 · OXE · Prostaglandin (DP (1, 2), EP (1, 2, 3, 4), FP) · Prostacyclin · Thromboxane

Neuropeptide	B/W (1, 2) · FF (1, 2) · S · Y (1, 2, 4, 5) · Neuromedin (B, U (1, 2)) · Neurotensin (1, 2)

Orphan	GPR (1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 50, 52, 55, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 75, 77, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 92, 101, 103, 109A, 109B, 119, 120, 132, 135, 137B, 139, 141, 142, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 160, 161, 162, 171, 173, 174, 176, 177, 182)

Purinergics	Adenosine (A1, A2A, A2B, A3) · P2Y (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

Serotonin	(all but 5-HT3) 5-HT1 (A, B, D, E, F) · 5-HT2 (A, B, C) · 5-HT (4, 5A, 6, 7)

Other	Acetylcholine (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) · Adrenomedullin · Anaphylatoxin (C3a, C5a) · Angiotensin (1, 2) · Apelin · Bile acid · Bombesin (BRS3, GRPR, NMBR) · Bradykinin (B1, B2) · Cannabinoid (CB1, CB2) · Chemokine · Cholecystokinin (A, B) · Dopamine (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5) · EBI2 · Endothelin (A, B) · Estrogen · Formyl peptide (1, L1, L2) · Free fatty acid (1, 2, 3, 4) · FSH · Galanin (1, 2, 3) · Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (1, 2) · GHB receptor · Ghrelin · Histamine (H1, H2, H3, H4) · Kisspeptin · Luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin · lysophosphatidic acid (1, 2, 3) · Lysophospholipid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) · MAS (1, 1L, D, E, F, G, X1, X2, X3, X4) · Melanocortin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) · MCHR (1, 2) · Melatonin (1A, 1B, 1C) · Niacin (1, 2) · Motilin · Opioid (Delta, Kappa, Mu, Nociceptin & Zeta, but not Sigma) · Olfactory · Opsin (3, 4, 5, 1LW, 1MW, 1SW, RGR, RRH) · Orexin (1, 2) · Oxytocin · Oxoglutarate · PAF · Prokineticin (1, 2) · Prolactin-releasing peptide · Protease-activated (1, 2, 3, 4) · Relaxin (1, 2, 3, 4) · Somatostatin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) · Sphingosine-1-phosphate (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) · SREB · Succinate · TAAR (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9) · Tachykinin (1, 2, 3) · Thyrotropin · Thyrotropin-releasing hormone · Urotensin-II · Vasopressin (1A, 1B, 2)

Class B: Secretin like

Orphan	GPR (56, 64, 97, 98, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 133, 143, 144, 157)

Other	Brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor (1, 2, 3) · Cadherin (1, 2, 3) · Calcitonin · CALCRL · CD97 · Corticotropin-releasing hormone (1, 2) · EMR (1, 2, 3) · Glucagon (GR, GIPR, GLP1R, GLP2R) · Growth hormone releasing hormone · PACAPR1 · GPR · Latrophilin (1, 2, 3, ELTD1) · Methuselah-like proteins · Parathyroid hormone (1, 2) · Secretin · Vasoactive intestinal peptide (1, 2)

Class C: Metabotropic
glutamate / pheromone

Taste	TAS1R (1, 2, 3) · TAS2R (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)

Other	Calcium-sensing receptor · GABA B (1, 2) · Glutamate receptor (Metabotropic glutamate (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)) · GPRC6A · GPR (156, 158, 179) · RAIG (1, 2, 3, 4)

Frizzled / Smoothened

Frizzled (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) · Smoothened

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