Crystal Structure of Neoculin: Insights into its Sweetness and Taste-modifying Activity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-158

  Shimizu Ibuka, Akiko ^a   Morita, Yuji ^a   Terada, Tohru ^a   Asakura, Tomiko ^b   Nakajima, Ken ichiro ^a   Iwata, So ^c   Misaka, Takumi ^a   Sorimachi, Hiroyuki ^a   Arai, Soichi ^d   Abe, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Atomigakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

crystal structure; curculin; neoculin; sweetness; taste modification

Indexed keywords

NEOCULIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURCULIGO; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASTE;

CURCULIGO LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33646198782     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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