The sweet taste receptors in Lemuriformes respond to aspartame, a non-nutritive sweetener and critical residues mediating their taste

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第一作者： Wang, Yuqing

作者： Wang, Yuqing;Lu, Shangyang;Liu, Bo;Chang, Shiyu;Kong, Fanyu;Tong, Mingqiong

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期刊名称：BIOCHIMIE （ 影响因子：3.0； 五年影响因子：3.4 ）

ISSN： 0300-9084

年卷期： 2024 年 227 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Aspartame is a high potency artificial sweetener which is popularly used in foods and beverages. The species-dependent sweet taste toward aspartame has not been completely understood. In a recent publication, we reported that the prosimians Lemuriformes species, which are proposed as aspartame nontasters, could taste aspartame based on the sequence and structure analysis. In this study, by mutagenesis, cell-based functional analysis and molecular simulations, we reveal that Lemuriformes species can respond to aspartame at the cell-based receptor activity level. Furthermore, it is proved that the conserved critical residues D142 and S40 mediate the species-dependent sweet taste toward aspartame. This research provides a deeper insight on the species taste, structure-activity relationship and evolution for eliciting the sweetness of this important synthetic sweetener. (c) 2024 Elsevier B.V. and Soci & eacute;t & eacute; Fran & ccedil;aise de Biochimie et Biologie Mol & eacute;culaire (SFBBM). All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.

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