Gurmarin

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Gurmarin
Identifiers
Symbol Gurmarin
Pfam PF06410
InterPro IPR010485
SCOP 1gur
OPM protein 1c4e
Available PDB structures:

1c4eA:1-35 1gur :1-35

Gurmarin is a 35-residue polypeptide from the Asclepiad vine Gymnema sylvestre (Gurmar). It has been utilised as a pharmacological tool in the study of sweet-taste transduction because of its ability to selectively inhibit the neural response to sweet tastants in rats[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arai K, Aimoto S, Morikawa S, Yoshimura S, Ishima R, Imoto T, Miyasaka A, Akasaka K (1995). "Three-dimensional structure of gurmarin, a sweet taste-suppressing polypeptide". J. Biomol. NMR 5 (3): 297–305. doi:10.1007/BF00211756. PMID 7787425. 

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