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Miraculin is a protein that is best known for its ability to deceive human taste buds into thinking | Miraculin is a protein that is best known for its ability to deceive human taste buds into thinking | ||
sour or acidic food is sweet. This homodimeric glycoprotein was first identified in the West | sour or acidic food is sweet. This homodimeric glycoprotein was first identified in the West | ||
| - | African native fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum (also known as “Miracle Fruit”), and exists in the | + | African native fruit, ''Synsepalum dulcificum'' (also known as “Miracle Fruit”), and exists in the |
pulp of the miracle fruit. | pulp of the miracle fruit. | ||
Miraculin’s deceptive properties have been exploited by several companies as sugar substitutes. | Miraculin’s deceptive properties have been exploited by several companies as sugar substitutes. | ||
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| - | == <h4><span style="color: purple;"> | + | == <h4><span style="color: purple;"> Miraculin’s Structure </span></h4> == |
| - | Miraculin is composed of 191 amino acid residues linked primarily by | + | Miraculin is composed of 191 amino acid residues linked primarily by peptide bonds, |
having a molecular weight of about 28 kDa. Sarroch Theerasil et al <ref> | having a molecular weight of about 28 kDa. Sarroch Theerasil et al <ref> | ||
https://www.jbc.org/content/263/23/11536.full.pdf+html </ref> use HPLC profiles and SDS-PAGE | https://www.jbc.org/content/263/23/11536.full.pdf+html </ref> use HPLC profiles and SDS-PAGE | ||
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Miraculin, a taste-deceiving protein
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References
- ↑ Hanson, R. M., Prilusky, J., Renjian, Z., Nakane, T. and Sussman, J. L. (2013), JSmol and the Next-Generation Web-Based Representation of 3D Molecular Structure as Applied to Proteopedia. Isr. J. Chem., 53:207-216. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201300024
- ↑ Herraez A. Biomolecules in the computer: Jmol to the rescue. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2006 Jul;34(4):255-61. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644. PMID:21638687 doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644
- ↑ https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_120.html
- ↑ https://www.jbc.org/content/263/23/11536.full.pdf+html
