Patent 7655422 was granted and assigned to Senomyx, Inc. on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to binding assays using human T1R2 polypeptides containing the extracellular and/or transmembrane regions of endogenous human T1R2 polypeptide. These assays may be used to identify T1R2 modulators, especially taste modulatory compounds.