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Monellin

Usage and Biology

Natural monellin is a sweet protein obtained from the West African forest plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii Diels. It is 3,000 times sweeter than sucrose on a weight basis and can be used in industry as a sweetener and a flavor enhancer. It has some important advantages over artificial sweeteners. It is low in calories, safe, and neither introduces nonnatural metabolites into the body nor perturbs the balance of the amino acid pool as decomposition of the protein results in a natural distribution of all amino acids. Also, the gene can be introduced into many microorganisms used in the food and beverage industry. ^[1]<p> <p>

Characterization

(The following experimental data are from the literature, not the actual data made by the team)

Since the limited

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]