… ′-monophosphate, which also elicit the umami taste on their own. Recent data suggest that
… to umami taste. This review will focus on events downstream of the umami taste receptors. …

… Ca ++ channels and SNARE mechanisms to effect release of synaptic vesicles 24, 46, 47 .
In contrast, Type II taste cells (transducing bitter, sweet, or umami) rely on action potentials to …

… that both mechanisms are involved in umami taste transduction, suggesting the possibility that
reception and transduction of the umami … property of a number of cells within the taste bud. …

… the transduction mechanism of umami taste, we have assumed that a glutamate taste receptor
… In order to begin an investigation of umami taste transduction, therefore, we turned to the …

… , termed umami, distinct from the other basic tastes(4,5). … stimulito be described as having
more than a single taste, such … focus onthe taste transduction mechanisms described for the …

… mechanism(s) involved in umami taste perception. This review discusses current knowledge
of the mechanism(s) of umami … the molecular mechanisms for detecting umami tastes and …

… bitter, and umami taste mechanisms and are gaining ground rapidly on salty and sour
transduction. Sweet, bitter, and umami tastes are transduced by G-protein-coupled receptors. Salty …

… not possess molecular mechanisms for detection of sweet, bitter and umami taste. In
contrast… , but have receptors and transduction components for sweet, bitter and umami taste [4]. …

… has also identified receptors for salty, sour and umami taste. … In conclusion, sweet-taste
transduction is complex and our … activate taste cells through at least two transduction pathways (…

… transduction elements and signaling mechanisms that underlie bitter and sweet taste
transduction. … with T1r1 led to responsiveness to glutamate and other umami compounds [31,32]. …