Bitter peptides and bitter taste receptors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1661-1671

  Maehashi, K ^a   Huang, L ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter peptide; Bitter receptor; Casein hydrolysate; Structure; T2Rs

Indexed keywords

BITTER PEPTIDE; BITTER RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; PROTEIN T1R1; PROTEIN T1R2; PROTEIN T2R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BITTER TASTE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TASTE BUD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TASTE;

EID: 67650686837     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-8755-9     Document Type: Review

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