Taste Receptor, Type 2, Member 38 (TAS2R38) antibody

Antigen: Taste Receptor, Type 2, Member 38 (TAS2R38)

Synonyms: PTC, T2R61, T2R38, Tas2r138

Clonality: Polyclonal

Host: Rabbit

Reactivity: Human

Conjugate: Un-conjugated

Application: Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western Blotting (WB)

Catalog no.: ABIN350973

Additional Information

Alternative name: taste receptor, type 2, member 38 (TAS2R38, T2R38, T2R61)

UniProt: P59533

Immunogen: A synthetic peptide from human taste receptor, type 2, member 38 (TAS2R38, T2R38, T2R61, PTC) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier protein was used as the immunogen.

Format: Lyophilized

Description: FUNCTION: Receptor that may play a role in the perception of bitterness and is gustducin-linked. May play a role in sensing the chemical composition of the gastrointestinal content. The activity of this receptor may stimulate alpha gustducin, mediate PLC-beta-2 activation and lead to the gating of TRPM5. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. POLYMORPHISM: Variations in TAS2R38 are associated with the ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC tasting); also called thiourea tasting. The ability to taste the substance PTC and a number of related substances is genetically controlled. Genetic studies have demonstrated complex inheritance for this trait. For some people (and some chimpanzees also), the chemical PTC tastes very bitter. For others, it is tasteless. Actually, substantial variation in taste sensitivity exists in human. Five haplotypes arising from three coding SNPs in the TAS2R38 gene are associated with distinct phenotypes of PTC taste sensitivity. MISCELLANEOUS: Most taste cells may be activated by a limited number of bitter compounds; individual taste cells can discriminate among bitter stimuli. Also known as: Taste receptor type 2 member 38, T2R38, T2R61, PTC bitter taste receptor, PTC.

Specificity: Appears to be specific for TAS2R16.

Application Details

Application Notes: IHC, WB. A dilution of 1 : 300 to 1 : 2000 is recommended. The optimal dilution should be determined by the end user. Not yet tested in other applications.

Purity: whole serum

Storage: Maintain the lyophilised/reconstituted antibodies frozen at -20°C for long term storage and refrigerated at 2-8°C for a shorter term. When reconstituting, glycerol (1:1) may be added for an additional stability. Avoid freeze and thaw cycles.

Restrictions: For Research Use only

Publications

Chandrashekar, Mueller, Hoon et al.: "T2Rs function as bitter taste receptors." in: Cell, Vol. 100, Issue 6, pp. 703-11, 2000 (PubMed).

Margolskee: "Molecular mechanisms of bitter and sweet taste transduction." in: The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol. 277, Issue 1, pp. 1-4, 2002 (PubMed).

Montmayeur, Matsunami: "Receptors for bitter and sweet taste." in: Current opinion in neurobiology, Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 366-71, 2002 (PubMed).

Bufe, Hofmann, Krautwurst et al.: "The human TAS2R16 receptor mediates bitter taste in response to beta-glucopyranosides." in: Nature genetics, Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp. 397-401, 2002 (PubMed).

Zhang, Hoon, Chandrashekar et al.: "Coding of sweet, bitter, and umami tastes: different receptor cells sharing similar signaling pathways." in: Cell, Vol. 112, Issue 3, pp. 293-301, 2003 (PubMed).

Conte, Ebeling, Marcuz et al.: "Identification and characterization of human taste receptor genes belonging to the TAS2R family." in: Cytogenetic and genome research, Vol. 98, Issue 1, pp. 45-53, 2003 (PubMed).

Kim, Jorgenson, Coon et al.: "Positional cloning of the human quantitative trait locus underlying taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide." in: Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 299, Issue 5610, pp. 1221-5, 2003 (PubMed).