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Sensation Bitterness Bitter Food Molecules Bind Receptor Proteins

The taste of bitterness arises from bitter food molecules binding to specific receptor proteins on taste cells.

Bitterness is sensed when bitter food molecules bind to receptor proteins within a taste cell.

Text the sensation of bitterness comes from bitter food molecules that bind onto receptor proteins in a taste cell.

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