Takumi Misaka

Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor

Maude W. Baldwin, Yasuka Toda, Tomoya Nakagita et al. · Science · 2014 · 222 citations · Full text

Biology, Pheromone Biochemistry, Ancestral Umami Receptor +15

Umami–bitter interactions: The suppression of bitterness by umami peptides via human bitter taste receptor

Min Jung Kim, Hee Jin Son, Yiseul Kim et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2014 · 182 citations

Biochemistry, Medicine, Umami–bitter Interactions +4

Characterization of Ligands for Fish Taste Receptors

Hideaki Oike, Toshitada Nagai, Akira Furuyama et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2007 · 180 citations · Full text

Amino Acids, Neurotransmitter, Sensory Systems +20

Characterization of the Modes of Binding between Human Sweet Taste Receptor and Low-Molecular-Weight Sweet Compounds

Katsuyoshi Masuda, Ayako Koizumi, Ken‐ichiro Nakajima et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 170 citations · Full text

Crystal Structure of Glucansucrase from the Dental Caries Pathogen Streptococcus mutans

Keisuke Ito, Sohei Ito, Tatsuro Shimamura et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2011 · 154 citations

Crystal Structure, Biochemistry, Glycobiology +7