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Table 1 Effects of various mutations on the activation of the sweet taste receptor by neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC) and aspartame (ASP)

From: The binding site for neohesperidin dihydrochalcone at the human sweet taste receptor

variant

NHDC EC50 (mM)

NHDC maximal signal (% of wt)

ASP EC50 (mM)

ASP maximal signal (% of wt)

wt

0.1 ± 0.06

100

1.3 ± 0.1

100

Q636A3.28

0.3 ± 0.2

61 ± 29

1.1 ± 0.1

70 ± 18

Q637E 3.29

1.5 ± 0.4

51 ± 13

1.7 ± 0.2

51 ± 10

S640A 3.32

0.8 ± 0.2

63 ± 18

1.4 ± 0.5

61 ± 40

H641A 3.33

1.2 ± 0.4

57 ± 22

1.8 ± 0.4

79 ± 70

H721A ex2

0.8 ± 0.3

66 ± 10

1.6 ± 0.3

60 ± 40

R723A5.36

0.2 ± 0.1

69 ± 71

1.5 ± 0.5

68 ± 50

S729A5.42

0.2 ± 0.1

80 ± 16

0.9 ± 0.4

72 ± 20

F730L 5.43

0.9 ± 0.1

70 ± 18

1.7 ± 0.4

87 ± 27

A733V5.46

0.1 ± 0.02

133 ± 8

1.1 ± 0.3

92 ± 80

H734A5.47

n.f.

--

n.f.

--

W775A 6.48

>3

30 ± 41

1.9 ± 0.2

20 ± 30

F778A 6.51

1.5 ± 0.4

50 ± 18

1.2 ± 0.1

80 ± 80

V779A6.52

0.2 ± 0.1

88 ± 14

1.2 ± 0.3

52 ± 10

L782A 6.55

>3

50 ± 11

1.7 ± 0.3

95 ± 90

R790Qex3

0.1 ± 0.06

77 ± 15

0.9 ± 0.4

71 ± 30

L798I7.36

0.2 ± 0.2

66 ± 26

0.9 ± 0.4

81 ± 5

  1. Receptor variants that affect the NHDC response are shown in bold. Values are given as average over at least three independent experiments ± SD. n.f., no response to any tested sweetener. (>), EC50 not calculable because saturation is not reached (Additional file 2).