Monellin, a protein produced by the West African plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii, is approximately 70,000 times sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis. The protein adopts an alpha-beta structure, with a cystatin-like fold, where each helix packs agai ...
Monellin, a protein produced by the West African plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii, is approximately 70,000 times sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis. The protein adopts an alpha-beta structure, with a cystatin-like fold, where each helix packs against a coiled antiparallel beta-sheet [1].
