Bernd Lindemann is in the Department of Physiology
, Bldg 58, Saar University, D-66421
Homburg, Germany. phblin@med-rz.uni-sb.de
Chaudhari and colleagues identify the taste receptor for l-glutamate,
also known as umami, found in protein-rich foods. The protein they describe
is a new G-protein-coupled receptor that corresponds to a truncated form of
the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR4.
