Protein
Gustatory receptor for sugar taste 64f
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Function
One of the few identified sugar gustatory receptors identified so far and which promotes the starvation-induced increase of feeding motivation. Required in combination with Gr64a to detect sucrose, maltose, and glucose.
Similarity
Belongs to the insect chemoreceptor superfamily. Gustatory receptor (GR) family. Gr5a subfamily.
Sequence
MKILPKLERKLRRLKKRVTRTSLFRKLDLVHESARKKAFQESCETYKNQIENEYEIRNSLPKLSRSDKEAFLSDGSFHQAVGRVLLVAEFFAMMPVKGVTGKHPSDLSFSWRNIRTCFSLLFIASSLANFGLSLFKVLNNPISFNSIKPIIFRGSVLLVLIVALNLARQWPQLMMYWHTVEKDLPQYKTQLTKWKMGHTISMVMLLGMMLSFAEHILSMVSAINYASFCNRTADPIQNYFLRTNDEIFFVTSYSTTLALWGKFQNVFSTFIWNYMDLFVMIVSIGLASKFRQLNDDLRNFKGMNMAPSYWSERRIQYRNICILCDKMDDAISLITMVSFSNNLYFICVQLLRSLNTMPSVAHAVYFYFSLIFLIGRTLAVSLYSSSVHDESRLTLRYLRCVPKESWCPEVKRFTEEVISDEVALTGMKFFHLTRKLVLSVAGTIVTYELVLIQFHEDNDLWDCDQSYYS