A Taste receptor is a type of receptor which facilitates the sensation of taste. In Biochemistry, a receptor is a Protein molecule embedded in either the Plasma membrane or Cytoplasm of a cell to which a mobile signaling Taste (or more formally gustation) is a form of direct Chemoreception and is one of the traditional five Senses
Examples include TAS2R16 and TAS2R38. TAS2R16 ( Taste receptor, type 2 member 16) is a Human Gene that encodes for a receptor that may play a role in the perception of Bitterness TAS2R38 is a bitter Taste receptor which facilitates the tasting of Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC and Propylthiouracil (PROP, although it does
They are divided into two families:
- Type 1, sweet, first characterized in 2001:[1] TAS1R1-TAS1R3
- Type 2, bitter, first characterized in 2000:[2] TAS2R1- TAS2R50, and TAS2R60
References
- ^ Nelson G, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Zhang Y, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (2001). Sweet is one of the five Basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience Taste (or more formally gustation) is a form of direct Chemoreception and is one of the traditional five Senses "Mammalian sweet taste receptors". Cell 106 (3): 381–90. PMID 11509186.
- ^ Adler E, Hoon MA, Mueller KL, Chandrashekar J, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS (2000). "A novel family of mammalian taste receptors". Cell 100 (6): 693–702. PMID 10761934.
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