Bitter taste receptors: Novel insights into the biochemistry and pharmacology

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 184-196

  Jaggupilli, Appalaraju ^a,b   Howard, Ryan ^a   Upadhyaya, Jasbir D ^a,b   Bhullar, Rajinder P ^a   Chelikani, Prashen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitter blockers; Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs); Cholesterol; Constitutive active mutants; G protein coupled receptor (GPCR); Ligand bias; Structural water molecules

Indexed keywords

BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BITTER TASTE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TASTE BUD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TASTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84961891821     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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