Beijing Technology and Business University

Interaction ofFood-Derived Bitter Peptides with hTAS2R4:Recognition and Activation Mechanisms Revealed by Docking and Mutagenesis

Abstract Bitter peptides (BPs) have a wide range of applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. This study identified four food-derived BPs (TPLVDR, VLY, LEEL, and FYL) as novel agonists of the human bitter taste receptor hTAS2R4, using a rapid cell-based screening ap...

Digital and intelligent policy instrument portfolio and green transformation of cities: evidence from China

In the digital-economy era, can policies represented by the national big data comprehensive pilot zones and the smart city pilot program work in tandem to effectively foster urban green development? Using panel data for 251 Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2006-2022 and a sta...

Production competition and carbon emissions reduction cooperation

Purpose Under the carbon cap-and-trade (CCT) policy, the supply chain is increasingly focused on carbon emissions reduction (CER), for which remanufacturing offers a promising pathway. However, independent remanufacturers (IRs) must first obtain remanufacturing authorization from...