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Curculin exhibits sweet-tasting and taste-modifying activities through its distinct molecular surfaces.

The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Nov 2007

Kurimoto Eiji, Suzuki Maiko, Amemiya Eiko, Yamaguchi Yoshiki, Nirasawa Satoru, Shimba Nobuhisa, Xu Ningchun, Kashiwagi Tatsuki, Kawai Misako, Suzuki Ei-Ichiro, Kato Koichi

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Curculin isolated from Curculigo latifolia, a plant grown in Malaysia, has an intriguing property of modifying sour taste into sweet taste. In addition to this taste-modifying activity, curculin itself elicits a sweet taste. Although these activities have been attributed to the heterodimeric isof...

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PMID: 17895249
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C700174200

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