Taste Receptor, Type 2, Member 4 (Tas2r108) antibody

Antigen: Taste Receptor, Type 2, Member 4 (Tas2r108)

Synonyms: T2R4, MGC163311, T2R16, Tas2r4, T2R1, tas2r4, tas2r1l

Clonality: Polyclonal

Host: Rabbit

Reactivity: Human

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

Catalog no.: ABIN350976

Additional Information

Alternative name: taste receptor, type 2, member 4 (TAS2R4, TA2R4, T2R4)

UniProt: Q9NYW5

Immunogen: A synthetic peptide from human taste receptor, type 2, member 4 (TAS2R4, TA2R4, T2R4) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier protein was used as the immunogen.

Format: Lyophilized

Description: This gene encodes a member of a family of candidate taste receptors that are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and that are specifically expressed by taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelia. These apparently intronless genes encode a 7-transmembrane receptor protein, functioning as a bitter taste receptor. This gene is clustered with another 3 candidate taste receptor genes in chromosome 7 and is genetically linked to loci that influence bitter perception. FUNCTION: Gustducin-coupled receptor for denatonium and N(6)-propyl-2-thiouracil implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in subsets of taste receptor cells of the tongue and palate epithelium and exclusively in gustducin-positive cells. MISCELLANEOUS: Several bitter taste receptors are expressed in a single taste receptor cell.<||a href="http://www.enzim.hu/hmmtop1.1/server/submit.html"><||/a> Also known as: Taste receptor type 2 member 4, T2R4, TAS2R4, MGC163311.

Specificity: Appears to be specific for TAS2R4.

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

Adler, Hoon, Mueller et al.: "A novel family of mammalian taste receptors." in: Cell, Vol. 100, Issue 6, pp. 693-702, 2000 (PubMed).

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).

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).

Hillier, Fulton, Fulton et al.: "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 7." in: Nature, Vol. 424, Issue 6945, pp. 157-64, 2003 (PubMed).

Fischer, Gilad, Man et al.: "Evolution of bitter taste receptors in humans and apes." in: Molecular biology and evolution, Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 432-6, 2005 (PubMed).