How do you stop tasting? Protein inside taste cells turn off bitter taste
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 21:30
in Biology & Nature
New findings may lend insight into why some people are especially sensitive to bitter tastes. Researchers have identified a protein inside of taste cells that acts to shorten bitter taste signals. Mice lacking the gene for this taste terminator protein are more sensitive to bitter taste and also find it more aversive.