STUDIES OF BITTER PEPTIDES FROM CASEIN HYDROLYZATE - VII. BITTERNESS OF THE RETRO-BPIa (VAL-ILE-PHE-PRO-PRO-GLY-ARG) AND ITS FRAGMENTS.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.57.103

To explain the bitter taste exhibited by BPIa (Arg-Gly-Pro-Pro-Phe-Ile-Val) which was isolated from casein hydrolyzate, the authors propose the following requirement: its characteristic spatial structure: the basic moiety in the N-terminal and the hydroph