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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Seiji Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Ishiwatari, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
AJINOMOTO CO., INC., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C07K 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/557 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C07K 14/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/502 (2013.01); C07K 14/705 (2013.01); C07K 14/723 (2013.01); G01N 2333/705 (2013.01); G01N 2500/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sweet taste substance or a sweet taste-regulating substance is detected by contacting a test substance with a cell that expresses a chimeric protein of human T1R2 and mouse T1R2, and/or a chimeric protein of human T1R3 and mouse T1R3, and may further express a G protein α subunit, and by detecting an interaction between the chimeric proteins and the test substance.