Tas2r118 - taste receptor, type 2, member 118

Predicted to enable bitter taste receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste. Predicted to act upstream of or within G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum; external side of plasma membrane; and trans-Golgi network. Predicted to be integral component of membrane. Is expressed in circumvallate papilla; colon; and jejunum. Orthologous to human TAS2R16 (taste 2 receptor member 16). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]