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

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Thaumatin, an intensely sweet-tasting protein, elicits a sweet-taste sensation at a level as low as 50 nM. Although previous sensory analyses have suggested that Lys67 and Arg82 are important to the sweetness of thaumatin, the exact effects of each residue on sweet receptors are still unknown. In the present study, various mutants of thaumatin altered at Arg82 as well as Lys67 were prepared and their sweetness...

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