Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
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 active in membrane. Is expressed in circumvallate papillae; colon; and jejunum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alcohol dependence. Orthologous to human TAS2R16 (taste 2 receptor member 16).