Bitter and sweet/umami taste receptors with differently evolutionary pathways.

作者信息

Shi Peng, Huang Jing-Fei, Zhang Ya-Ping

机构信息

Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.

出版信息

Yi Chuan Xue Bao. 2005 Apr;32(4):346-53.

PMID:16011024

Abstract

In this study,we investigated the evolutionary pathways of bitter, sweet and umami receptors using bioinformatic and phylogenetic analyses. Our results showed that the distantly evolutionary relationship between bitter and sweet/umami receptors. Our results also showed that bitter and sweet/umami receptors have differently evolutionary pathways,suggesting that the different evolutionary pathways may resulte in the differences of these three receptors in function.

摘要