Structure-activity study of a sweet protein.

• Main Author: Huang, Xuhua.
• Other Authors: Liu Chuan Fa
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Genetics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18944
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Brazzein, isolated from the fruit of the wild African plant Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon, is one of the few sweet proteins discovered to date. Being one of the sweetest sweet protein with the highest water solubility, brazzein retains its sweetness for 2 hours at 98 oC. Increasing the heat stabi...