| Literature DB >> 1608467 |
S K McLaughlin1, P J McKinnon, R F Margolskee.
Abstract
A novel G protein alpha-subunit (alpha-gustducin) has been identified and cloned from taste tissue. alpha-Gustducin messenger RNA is expressed in taste buds of all taste papillae (circumvallate, foliate and fungiform); it is not expressed in non-sensory portions of the tongue, nor is it expressed in the other tissues examined. alpha-Gustducin most closely resembles the transducins (the rod and cone photoreceptor G proteins), suggesting that gustducin's role in taste transduction is analogous to that of transducin in light transduction.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1608467 DOI: 10.1038/357563a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962