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    receptor type 1 member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS1R2 gene. The sweet taste receptor is predominantly formed as a dimer of T1R2...
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    families:[citation needed] Type 1, sweet, first characterized in 2001: TAS1R2 – TAS1R3 Type 2, bitter, first characterized in 2000: In humans there are...
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    TAS1R1+3 and sweet taste receptor TAS1R2+3. This receptor is formed as a protein dimer with either TAS1R1 or TAS1R2. Experiments have also shown that...
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    lack the TAS1R2 protein, one of two required for function of the sweetness sensory receptor. This is due to a deletion in the relevant gene (Tas1r2) causes...
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    individuals for the umami taste. Another interesting quality of the TAS1R1 and TAS1R2 proteins is their spontaneous activity in the absence of the extracellular...
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    water tastes slightly sweet to humans, with the effect mediated by the TAS1R2/TAS1R3 taste receptor. Rats given a choice between distilled normal water...
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    It has an intense sweet taste because it stimulates the sweet receptor TAS1R2+TAS1R3 in humans, although this is species-dependent, as the equivalent...
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    binding of the heterodimer G protein-coupled receptor formed by the proteins TAS1R2 and TAS1R3. Rodents do not experience aspartame as sweet-tasting, due to...
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    washing, or coating themselves in their own urine. Megabats possess the TAS1R2 gene, meaning they have the ability to detect sweetness in foods. This gene...
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  • Q9BW92 16287 TARS3 HGNC:24728 A2RTX5 16288 TAS1R1 HGNC:14448 Q7RTX1 16289 TAS1R2 HGNC:14905 Q8TE23 16290 TAS1R3 HGNC:15661 Q7RTX0 16291 TAS2R1 HGNC:14909...
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  • Taste receptor, type 1, member 1 (TAS1R1) Taste receptor, type 1, member 2 (TAS1R2) Taste receptor, type 1, member 3 (TAS1R3) Class C Orphan receptors GPR158...
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  • TR.2, see Orenda Engines TR2, a postal district in the TR postcode area TAS1R2, a taste receptor Temple Run 2 Westinghouse TR-2 research reactor operated...
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    saltiness, sourness, bitterness, sweetness, and umami, are the cell-bound GPRs TAS1R2/TAS1R3, TAS1R1/TAS1R3, and multiple subtypes of TAS2R for sweetness, umami...
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