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Variation in umami perception and in candidate genes for the umami receptor in mice and humans.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Sept 2009
Shigemura Noriatsu, Shirosaki Shinya, Ohkuri Tadahiro, Sanematsu Keisuke, Islam A A Shahidul, Ogiwara Yoko, Kawai Misako, Yoshida Ryusuke, Ninomiya Yuzo
Abstract excerpt
The unique taste induced by monosodium glutamate is referred to as umami taste. The umami taste is also elicited by the purine nucleotides inosine 5'-monophosphate and guanosine 5'-monophosphate. There is evidence that a heterodimeric G protein-coupled receptor, which consists of the T1R1 (taste receptor type 1, member 1, Tas1r1) and the T1R3 (taste receptor type 1, member 3, Tas1r3) proteins, functions as an...
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