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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 | ||
