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Loss or major reduction of umami taste sensation in pinnipeds.

Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Aug 2012

Sato Jun J, Wolsan Mieczyslaw

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Umami is one of basic tastes that humans and other vertebrates can perceive. This taste is elicited by L-amino acids and thus has a special role of detecting nutritious, protein-rich food. The T1R1 + T1R3 heterodimer acts as the principal umami receptor. The T1R1 protein is encoded by the Tas1r1 gene. We report multiple inactivating (pseudogenizing) mutations in exon 3 of this gene from four phocid and two...

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PMID: 22777285
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0939-8
PMCID: PMC3407556

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