Gustducin polynucleotides, vectors, host cells and recombinant methods

摘要

A novel taste cell specific guanine nucleotide binding protein, gustducin, is disclosed as well as polynucleotide sequences encoding the alpha subunit of gustducin. Also disclosed are methods of modifying taste involving agents that inhibit or activate the gustducin alpha subunit, methods for identifying such taste modifying agents and various taste modifying agents.