Abstract:
:Brazzein is a 54-amino-acid sweet-tasting protein first isolated from the fruit of Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon found in West Africa. Brazzein, as isolated from the fruit, is 500 times sweeter than sucrose on a weight basis (9500 times sweeter on a per-molecule basis). A minor component of brazzein from fruit, des-pGlu1-brazzein, has 53 amino acid residues and has twice the sweetness of the parent protein. We have designed a gene for des-pGlu1- brazzein that incorporates codons that are optimal for protein production in Escherichia coli. Production of brazzein from the chemically synthesized gene resulted in recombinant protein with sweetness similar to that of brazzein isolated from the original source. The best yields were achieved by producing brazzein as a fusion with staphylococcal nuclease with a designed cyanogen bromide cleavage site. Because of its intense sweetness and stability at high pH and temperature, brazzein is an ideal system for investigating the chemical and structural requirements involved in sweet-taste properties. This efficient protein production system for brazzein will facilitate such investigations.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Assadi-Porter FM,Aceti DJ,Cheng H,Markley JLdoi
10.1006/abbi.2000.1725subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-04-15 00:00:00pages
252-8issue
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0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
S0003-9861(00)91725-9journal_volume
376pub_type
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