Etude biochimique des récepteurs aux goûts sucré et umami : Rôle des domaines N-terminaux et caractérisation d'un inhibiteur spécifique, la gurmarine

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The sweet taste receptor is a heterodimer composed of two subunits called T1R2 and T1R3 whereas the T1R1 and the T1R3 subunits form a heterodimeric receptor for umami taste (the savory taste of monosodium glutamate). Each subunit belongs to the class C of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and is constituted by a large extracellular Nterminal domain (NTD) linked to the transmembrane domain by a cysteine-rich region. The NTD is composed of two lobes separated by a cleft in which ligands bind. T1R1- and T1R2-NTDs are able to bind sweeteners and umami compounds respectively and undergo ligand-dependent conformational changes (Zhang et al., 2008 ; Nie et al., 2005). However, the relative contribution of the two subunits to the heterodimeric receptor function remains largely unknown. To study the binding specificity of each subunit, a large amount of purified NTDs is suitable for biochemical and structural studies. To accomplish this goal, we expressed high level of T1R1- and T1R2-NTD as i

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