Bitter taste receptors, also known as TAS2Rs, are a distinct family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) originally recognised for their role in oral bitter taste perception. Recent research has ...

Illustration of bitter taste receptor function in keratinocytes. On the left, harmful substances enter skin cells, leading to cellular damage. On the right, bitter taste receptors located in the ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have revealed the detailed structure of the bitter taste receptor, a protein called TAS2R14, and have shown ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used structural biology approaches to gain insight into how sweet taste receptors detect sweeteners. Sweet taste receptors are proteins in taste ...

Cryo-EM map of the human sweet taste receptor (blue and green) changing shape as it binds a molecule that tastes sweet (red and green). NEW YORK — Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled ...