Université de Fribourg

An expression atlas of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors identifies a molecular basis of carbonation sensing

Sánchez-Alcañiz, Juan Antonio ; Silbering, Ana Florencia ; Croset, Vincent ; Zappia, Giovanna ; Sivasubramaniam, Anantha Krishna ; Abuin, Liliane ; Sahai, Saumya Yashmohini ; Münch, Daniel ; Steck, Kathrin ; Auer, Thomas O. ; Cruchet, Steeve ; Neagu-Maier, G. Larisa ; Sprecher, Simon G. ; Ribeiro, Carlos ; Yapici, Nilay ; Benton, Richard

In: Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 4252

Little is known about the role of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors (IRs) in insect taste. Here the authors characterise the expression pattern of IRs in the Drosophila gustatory system and highlight the role of one receptor, IR56d, in the detection of carbonation