Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet taste receptors.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2003
Publication date:
November 24, 2005
Applicants:
The Regents of the University of California, The Govt. of the U.S.A., Dept. of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health-OTT
Inventors:
Nicholas Ryba, Mark Hoon, Charles Zuker, Gregory Nelson, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Yifeng Zhang