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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Neoculin occurring in an edible tropical fruit is a heterodimeric protein which has both sweetness and a taste-modifying activity that converts sourness to sweetness. Both the primary and the overall tertiary structures of neoculin resemble those of monocot mannose-binding lectins. This study investigated differences in biochemical properties between neoculin and the lectins. Structural comparison between the mannose-binding sites of lectins and the corresponding regions of neoculin showed that there is at least one amino acid substitution at each site in neoculin, suggesting a reason for the lack of its mannose-binding ability. This was consistent with hemagglutination assay data demonstrating that neoculin had no detectable agglutinin activity. DNA microarray analysis indicated that neoculin had no significant influence on gene expression in Caco-2 cell, whereas kidney bean lectin (Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin) greatly influenced various gene expressions. These data strongly suggest that neoculin has no lectin-like properties, encouraging its practical use in the food industry.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1520-5118
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5338-44
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Caco-2 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Genomics, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Hemagglutination, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Mannose-Binding Lectins, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Plants, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:18537258-Sequence Alignment
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Biochemical and genomic analysis of neoculin compared to monocot mannose-binding lectins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Agricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study