Gustatory receptors: not just for good taste

Curr Biol. 2013 Oct 21;23(20):R929-32. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.026.

Abstract

A recent study has found that a Drosophila gustatory receptor is required for thermotaxis. With other fly gustatory receptors having been shown to act in the detection of CO2, nutrients in the brain, and light, the roles of the so-called 'gustatory receptors' clearly go way beyond peripheral detection of non-volatile chemicals.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Avoidance Learning / physiology*
  • Drosophila Proteins / metabolism*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
  • Female
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism*
  • Taste*
  • Thermosensing / physiology*

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface