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The human bitter taste receptor TAS2R10 is tailored to accommodate numerous diverse ligands.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 2 Jan 2013
Born Stephan, Levit Anat, Niv Masha Y, Meyerhof Wolfgang, Behrens Maik
Abstract excerpt
Bitter taste is a basic taste modality, required to safeguard animals against consuming toxic substances. Bitter compounds are recognized by G-protein-coupled bitter taste receptors (TAS2Rs). The human TAS2R10 responds to the toxic strychnine and numerous other compounds. The mechanism underlying the development of the broad tuning of some TAS2Rs is not understood. Using comparative modeling, site-directed...
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