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 signal transduction. Predicted to be located in motile cilium. Predicted to be integral component of membrane. Orthologous to several human genes including TAS2R43 (taste 2 receptor member 43). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]