Figure 3
From: The name of deliciousness and the gastrophysics behind it
Molecular mechanism of the umami receptor. Ribbon-band representation of the Venus-fly trap motif on the T1R1/T1R3 umami receptor in three situations. From left: no bound ligands; binding of glutamate; binding of both glutamate and GMP. The images are snapshots obtained form molecular dynamics simulations on a receptor motif with 7,105 atoms in a box with 25,542 water molecules (not shown).