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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9NYV7: Variant p.Asn172Lys

Taste receptor type 2 member 16
Gene: TAS2R16
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Variant information Variant position: help 172 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Type of variant: help LB/B The variants are classified into three categories: LP/P, LB/B and US.
  • LP/P: likely pathogenic or pathogenic.
  • LB/B: likely benign or benign.
  • US: uncertain significance

Residue change: help From Asparagine (N) to Lysine (K) at position 172 (N172K, p.Asn172Lys). Indicates the amino acid change of the variant. The one-letter and three-letter codes for amino acids used in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot are those adopted by the commission on Biochemical Nomenclature of the IUPAC-IUB.
Physico-chemical properties: help Change from medium size and polar (N) to large size and basic (K) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help 0 The score within a Blosum matrix for the corresponding wild-type to variant amino acid change. The log-odds score measures the logarithm for the ratio of the likelihood of two amino acids appearing by chance. The Blosum62 substitution matrix is used. This substitution matrix contains scores for all possible exchanges of one amino acid with another:
  • Lowest score: -4 (low probability of substitution).
  • Highest score: 11 (high probability of substitution).
More information can be found on the following page

Polymorphism: help Genetic variation in TAS2R16 influences sensitivity to beta-glucopyranoside tasting (BGLPT) [MIM:617956]. Variant Asn-172 results in greater receptor activation in response to bitter beta-glucopyranoside compounds including salicin, arbutin and amygdalin compared to Lys-172 (PubMed:16051168). Variant Lys-172 may influence risk of alcohol dependence (PubMed:16385453). Additional information on the polymorphism described.
Variant description: help Probable risk factor for alcoholism. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 172 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 291 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help IQLLTMEHLPRNSTVTDKLE N FHQYQFQAHTVALVIPFILF The residue change on the sequence. Unless the variant is located at the beginning or at the end of the protein sequence, both residues upstream (20) and downstream (20) of the variant will be shown.
Residue conservation: help The multiple alignment of the region surrounding the variant against various orthologous sequences.
Human                         IQLLTMEHLPRNSTVTDKLENFHQYQFQA-HTVALVIPFILF

Gorilla                       IQLLTMEHLPRNSTVTDKLEKFHQYEFQA-HTVALVIPFIL

Chimpanzee                    IQLLTMEHLPRNSTVTDKLEKFHQYQFQA-HTVALVIPFIL

Mouse                         MELVTLDNLPKNNSLILRLQQFEWYFSNPLKMIGFGIPFFV

Rat                           MELLTLDHLPKNSSLILRLQMFEWYFSNPFKMIGFGVPFLV

Sequence annotation in neighborhood: help The regions or sites of interest surrounding the variant. In general the features listed are posttranslational modifications, binding sites, enzyme active sites, local secondary structure or other characteristics reported in the cited references. The "Sequence annotation in neighborhood" lines have a fixed format:
  • Type: the type of sequence feature.
  • Positions: endpoints of the sequence feature.
  • Description: contains additional information about the feature.
TypePositionsDescription
Chain 1 – 291 Taste receptor type 2 member 16
Topological domain 147 – 182 Extracellular
Glycosylation 163 – 163 N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine



Literature citations
Positive selection on a high-sensitivity allele of the human bitter-taste receptor TAS2R16.
Soranzo N.; Bufe B.; Sabeti P.C.; Wilson J.F.; Weale M.E.; Marguerie R.; Meyerhof W.; Goldstein D.B.;
Curr. Biol. 15:1257-1265(2005)
Cited for: POLYMORPHISM; INVOLVEMENT IN BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE TASTING; VARIANTS MET-101; VAL-114; PRO-116; SER-161; LYS-172; PRO-177; ASP-216; VAL-221; HIS-222; MET-235 AND VAL-240; Functional variant in a bitter-taste receptor (hTAS2R16) influences risk of alcohol dependence.
Hinrichs A.L.; Wang J.C.; Bufe B.; Kwon J.M.; Budde J.; Allen R.; Bertelsen S.; Evans W.; Dick D.; Rice J.; Foroud T.; Nurnberger J.; Tischfield J.A.; Kuperman S.; Crowe R.; Hesselbrock V.; Schuckit M.; Almasy L.; Porjesz B.; Edenberg H.J.; Begleiter H.; Meyerhof W.; Bierut L.J.; Goate A.M.;
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 78:103-111(2006)
Cited for: VARIANT LYS-172; ASSOCIATION WITH SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ALCOHOLISM;
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