Primary Identifier | MGI:1927505 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 4 | NCBI Gene Number | 110326 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable G protein-coupled receptor activity and taste receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in sensory perception of umami taste. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in tongue anterior part. Orthologous to human TAS1R1 (taste 1 receptor member 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous mutant mice show diminished behavioral and nervous responses to umami tastants. Response to sweet tastants is unimpaired. [provided by MGI curators] |