Efficient production and characterization of the sweet-tasting brazzein secreted by the yeast pichia pastoris

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 9807-9814

  Poirier, Nicolas ^a   Roudnitzky, Natacha ^b   Brockhoff, Anne ^b   Belloir, Christine ^a   Maison, Marie ^b   Thomas Danguin, Thierry ^a   Meyerhof, Wolfgang ^b   Briand, Loïc ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

brazzein; calcium assay; heterodimeric sweet receptor; Pichia pastoris; psychophysical assay; sweet protein

Indexed keywords

BRAZZEIN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SWEET PROTEIN; SWEET RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACIDS; FRUITS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

YEAST;

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SWEETENING AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PICHIA; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

PENTADIPLANDRA BRAZZEANA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 84867050331     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf301600m     Document Type: Article

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