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The binding site for neohesperidin dihydrochalcone at the human sweet taste receptor.
BMC structural biology - 12 Oct 2007
Winnig Marcel, Bufe Bernd, Kratochwil Nicole A, Slack Jay P, Meyerhof Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Differences in sweet taste perception among species depend on structural variations of the sweet taste receptor. The commercially used isovanillyl sweetener neohesperidin dihydrochalcone activates the human but not the rat sweet receptor TAS1R2+TAS1R3. Analysis of interspecies combinations and chimeras of rat and human TAS1R2+TAS1R3 suggested that the heptahelical domain of human TAS1R3 is crucial for...
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