Taste receptor type 2 member 16 (TAS2R16) is a 291-residue protein from Homo sapiens. This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: Q9NYV7.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 82.5 (confident overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.
| pLDDT band | Meaning | Share of residues |
|---|---|---|
| Above 90 | Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate | 30% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 55% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 15% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 0% |
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Gustducin-coupled receptor implicated in the perception of bitter compounds in the oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract. Signals through PLCB2 and the calcium-regulated cation channel TRPM5
Interacts with RTP3 and RTP4
Cell membrane
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9K6L | EM | 2.77 Å | R=2-291 |
| 9KPD | EM | 2.84 Å | R=2-291 |
| 9KPF | EM | 3.15 Å | R=2-291 |
| 9KPE | EM | 3.35 Å | R=2-291 |
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