Introduction of a negative charge at Arg82 in thaumatin abolished responses to human T1R2-T1R3 sweet receptors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Ohta, Keisuke ^a   Masuda, Tetsuya ^a   Tani, Fumito ^a   Kitabatake, Naofumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell based assay; Sweet receptors; Sweet tasting protein; Thaumatin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; THAUMATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SWEETNESS;

ARGININE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 80052829652     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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