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Combining with soluble bitter compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of bitter taste. Combining with soluble salty compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of salty taste. A receptor that binds an extracellular ligand and transmits the signal to a heterotrimeric G-protein complex. These receptors are characteristically seven-transmembrane receptors and are made up of hetero- or homodimers. Combining with soluble compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of taste. Combining with soluble sweet compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of sweet taste. Combining with soluble sour compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of sour taste. Combining with soluble umami compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of umami taste, the savory taste of meats and other foods that are rich in glutamates. Combining with an extracellular or intracellular messenger to initiate a change in cell activity, and spanning to the membrane of either the cell or an organelle.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: taste receptor activity
Acc: GO:0008527
Aspect: Molecular Function
Desc: Combining with soluble compounds to initiate a change in cell activity. These receptors are responsible for the sense of taste.
Synonyms:
  • gustatory receptor
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 88 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 88 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0008527 - taste receptor activity (interactive image map)
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