Taste perception: how sweet it is (to be transcribed by you)

Curr Biol. 2009 Aug 11;19(15):R655-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.050.

Abstract

In mammals, sweet taste is mediated largely by a single receptor. New work shows that polymorphisms in the promoter region of one subunit contribute to variation in sweet perception in the human population.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / genetics*
  • Taste Perception / genetics*
  • Taste Perception / physiology

Substances

  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • taste receptors, type 1