期刊
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 16, 期 6, 页码 585-592出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.16.585
关键词
thaumatin; sweet-tasting protein; sweetness; Pichia pastoris; pre-sequence; fermenter
资金
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [19780074]
- Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19780074, 22580105] Funding Source: KAKEN
Thaumatin, an intensely sweet-tasting protein used as a sweetener, was secreted by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Approximately 100 mg L-1 of recombinant thaumatin I was obtained using an expression vector which possesses three copies of the thaumatin gene containing the 22-amino acid pre-sequence. Expression yield was about three-fold higher than when the a-factor secretion signal from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used. The circular dichroism and tryptophan fluorescence spectra for recombinant thaumatin I were almost the same as those for plant thaumatin. Large amounts of homogeneous recombinant thaumatin allowed for preparation of high-quality crystals in the presence of cryoprotective glycerol used in high-resolution x-ray structural analysis to help further understand the perception of the sweet taste of thaumatin.
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