Conversely, this also suggests that transducin can interact with taste receptors.
Using the human genome sequence, the company says, it has identified hundreds of those taste receptors.
With that in mind, specific types of taste receptors will now be discussed.
This can continue for about an hour while the miraculin protein is still bound to the taste receptor.
Saliva both interacts with and protects the taste receptors in the mouth.
Others, called supertasters, have abnormally high concentrations of taste receptors.
Fires the fat taste receptors, but may be an acquired taste.
It is known that there are two taste receptors at the tip of the labium, which may well play a role.
The charge of the protein plays also an important role in its interaction with the sweet taste receptor.
The enteric nervous system exhibits taste receptors similar to the ones in the tongue.