About the Bitter Peptide Space (BPS)
Welcome to BPS-1000! The goal of this database is to collect current knowledge of the Bitter Peptide Space (BPS). It currently contains ca. 1000 experimentally tested bitter and non-bitter peptides. For each peptide, information on bitter taste threshold and activated bitter taste receptors, when available, is reported. Peptides are annotated using one-letter code sequences, HELM and BILN notations, which are specifically developed for peptide structural data.
Each entry is associated with references by clicking on the individual amino acid / peptide, allowing users to trace back to the original sources. Additionally, we have annotated cases of inconsistent data within the literature.
BPS-1000 in numbers
- 570 bitter peptides,
- 423 non-bitter peptides,
- 83 peptides from patents and in-house collection,
- 162 research papers.