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A) The mammalian sweet receptor is made up of two subunits, TAS1R2 and TAS1R3. B) Two one-letter changes in the promoter region, from C-C to T-T, reduce transcription of the TAS1R3 subunit. Humans with the T-T allele have a reduced taste sensitivity to sucrose relative to humans with the C-C allele.
