Gene description for TAS2R60
Gene name taste receptor, type 2, member 60
Gene symbol TAS2R60
Other names/aliases T2R56
T2R60
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - TAS2R60
ExoCarta ExoCarta_338398
Entrez Gene 338398
HGNC 20639
MIM 613968
UniProt P59551  
 TAS2R60 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Mesenchymal stem cells Unpublished / Not applicable
 Gene ontology annotations for TAS2R60
Molecular Function
    bitter taste receptor activity GO:0033038 IDA
    G-protein coupled receptor activity GO:0004930 NAS
Biological Process
    sensory perception of bitter taste GO:0050913 NAS
    detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of bitter taste GO:0001580 IDA
    G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway GO:0007186 IEA
Subcellular Localization
    integral component of membrane GO:0016021 IDA
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 TAS
 Experiment description of studies that identified TAS2R60 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 126
ISEV standards
✘ EV Biophysical techniques
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GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
✘ EV Membrane markers
✘ EV Negative markers
✘ EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry [LTQ-FT Ultra]
PubMed ID Unpublished / Not applicable
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes: The Future MSC-based Therapy?
Authors Ruenn Chai Lai, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Soon Sim Tan, Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin, Newman Siu Kwan Sze, Andre Choo, and Sai Kiang Lim
Journal name Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy
Publication year 2011
Sample Mesenchymal stem cells
Sample name huES9.E1
Isolation/purification methods HPLC
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Antobody array
Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for TAS2R60
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which TAS2R60 is involved
PathwayEvidenceSource
Class C/3 (Metabotropic glutamate/pheromone receptors) TAS Reactome
G alpha (i) signalling events TAS Reactome





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