Functional hypothesis on miraculin' sweetness by a molecular dynamics approach

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 726-730

  Paladino, Antonella ^a   Colonna, Giovanni ^a   Facchiano, Angelo M ^a,b   Costantini, Susan ^a,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Oncology Research Centre of Mercogliano (CROM)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Miraculin; Molecular dynamics; Mutations; Sweet proteins

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; MIRACULIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SWEETNESS; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 77953231314     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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