ミラクリン
Sign in to saveMiraculin is a taste modifier, a glycoprotein extracted from the fruit of Synsepalum dulcificum. The berry, also known as the miracle fruit, was documented by explorer Chevalier des Marchais, who searched for many different fruits during a 1725 excursion to its native West Africa.
Key facts
- Nonhuman protein.Name
- Miraculin glycoprotein
- Nonhuman protein.caption
- Crystallographic structure of a dimeric miraculin-like protein from seeds of Murraya koenigii.
- Nonhuman protein.image
- Miraculin.png
- Nonhuman protein.Symbol
- MIRA_RICDU
- Nonhuman protein.UniProt
- P13087
- Nonhuman protein.PDB
- 3IIR
- Nonhuman protein.Organism
- Synsepalum dulcificu
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Protein · UniProt
Miraculin
- Organism
- Synsepalum dulcificum (Miracle fruit)
- Length
- 220 aa
- Molecular mass
- 24,367 Da
- Evidence
- 1: Evidence at protein level
Miraculin has the property of modifying a sour taste into a sweet taste. This alteration of taste perception persists for many minutes
Direct protein sequencingDisulfide bondGlycoproteinSignalTaste-modifying protein
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Swiss-Prot (reviewed) · via UniProt
Clinical Trials
1 registered- PHASE3RECRUITINGAddressing Taste Dysfunction With Miraculin in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation TherapyUniversity of California, San Francisco · NCT05273307
Wikidata facts
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- natural product of taxon
- Synsepalum dulcificum
- Commons category
- Miraculin
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Article · 日本語
ミラクリン (miraculin) は味覚修飾物質のひとつの可溶性タンパク質である。 アメリカ食品医薬品局や欧州連合では食品添加物として認可されなかったが、日本では1996年（平成8年）に厚生省の認可を受けた。しかし該当製品がないという理由で2004年（平成16年）に認可が取り消された。
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