Role of protein surface charge in monellin sweetness

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-420

  Xue, Wei Feng ^a   Szczepankiewicz, Olga ^a   Thulin, Eva ^a   Linse, Sara ^a   Carey, Jannette ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftertaste; Brazzein; Diffusion control; Electrostatic acceleration; Lysozyme; Neoculin; Taste receptor; Thaumatin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; MONELLIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE CHARGE; SWEETNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 59349113561     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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