Abstract
Chaudhari and colleagues identify the taste receptor for l-glutamate, also known as umami, found in protein-rich foods. The protein they describe is a new G-protein-coupled receptor that corresponds to a truncated form of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR4.
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Lindemann, B. A taste for umami. Nat Neurosci 3, 99–100 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/72153
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