CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF A CDNA-ENCODING A TASTE-MODIFYING PROTEIN, MIRACULIN

Authors
MASUDA Y NIRASAWA S NAKAYA K KURIHARA Y
Citation
Y. Masuda et al., CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF A CDNA-ENCODING A TASTE-MODIFYING PROTEIN, MIRACULIN, Gene, 161(2), 1995, pp. 175-177
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
161
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
175 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1995)161:2<175:CASOAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A cDNA clone encoding a taste-modifying protein, miraculin (MIR), was isolated and sequenced. The encoded precursor to MIR was composed of 2 20 amino acid (aa) residues, including a possible signal sequence of 2 9 aa. Northern blot analysis showed that the mRNA encoding MIR was alr eady expressed in fruits of Richadella dulcifica at 3 weeks after poll ination and was present specifically in the pulp.