Computer model of a bitter taste receptor (center) with the bound tripeptide tri-tryptophan (top, yellow-orange). The simulation shows the peptide bound in the receptor pocket. (IMAGE)

Leibniz-Institut für Lebensmittel-Systembiologie an der TU München

Computer model of a bitter taste receptor (center) with the bound tripeptide tri-tryptophan (top, yellow-orange). The simulation shows the peptide bound in the receptor pocket.

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A computer model of a human bitter taste receptor (center) with the bound tripeptide tri-tryptophan (top, yellow-orange). The simulation shows the peptide bound in the receptor pocket.

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Image source: Florian Bößl / Leibniz-LSB@TUM

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