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== <h3><span style="color: | == <h3><span style="color: #800020;"> Miraculin, a taste-deceiving protein </span> </h3> == | ||
<StructureSection load='3IIR' size='340' side='right' caption='Miraculin-Like Prtein Extracted from ''Murraya koenigii''' scene=''> | <StructureSection load='3IIR' size='340' side='right' caption='Miraculin-Like Prtein Extracted from ''Murraya koenigii''' scene=''> | ||
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== <h4><span style="color: | == <h4><span style="color: #800020;"> Miraculin’s Structure </span></h4> == | ||
Miraculin is composed of 191 amino acid residues linked primarily by peptide bonds, | 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> | ||
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== <h4><span style ="color: #800020;"> Other Proteins with Function Similar to Miraculin </span></h4> == | == <h4><span style ="color: #800020;"> Other Proteins with Function Similar to Miraculin </span></h4> == | ||
Although miraculin-like proteins have already been discussed, the title of being “like” miraculin | |||
comes from its structural identity to miraculin rather than its functional identity. | |||
Neoculin (also goes by the name “curculin”) is another protein that “tricks” tongue receptors into | |||
perceiving sour taste as sweet. This protein is native to the Malaysian fruit of Curculigo latifolia. | |||
Unlike miraculin, neoculin is not tasteless and instead has a sweet taste on its own. Like | |||
miraculin though, the active form of neoculin is heterodimer consisting of two moners that are | |||
connected through disulfide bridges . <ref> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.073 </ref> | |||
Thaumatin is another protein with taste-modifying properties. Like miraculin, this protein is also | |||
extracted from a plant native to West Africa. Thaumatin is a sweet tasting-protein with the ability | |||
to enhance the tongue’s response to sweet taste by more than 100 fold <ref> | |||
https://doi.org/10.1159/000059716 </ref>. | |||
</StructureSection> | </StructureSection> | ||
