Interactions of the sweet-tasting proteins thaumatin and lysozyme with the human sweet-taste receptor

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5884-5890

  Ide, Nobuyuki ^a   Sato, Eriko ^a   Ohta, Keisuke ^a   Masuda, Tetsuya ^a,b   Kitabatake, Naofumi ^a,b  

^a Kyushu University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Sweet taste; T1R2+T1R3 sweet taste receptor; Thaumatin

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC AMP; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LACTISOLE; LYSOZYME; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; TASTE RECEPTORS, TYPE 1; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MURAMIDASE; PLANT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 67649875867     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803956f     Document Type: Article

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