title: Assignment of the disulfide bonds in the sweet protein brazzein.
abstract: The thermostable sweet protein brazzein consists of 54 amino acid residues and has four intramolecular disulfide bonds, the location of which is unknown. We found that brazzein resists enzymatic hydrolysis at enzyme/substrate ratios (w/w) of 1:100-1:10 at 35-40 degrees C for 24-48 h. Brazzein was hydrolyzed using thermolysin at an enzyme/substrate ratio of 1:1 (w/w) in water, pH 5.5, for 6 h and at 50 degrees C. The disulfide bonds were determined, by a combination of mass spectrometric analysis and amino acid sequencing of cystine-containing peptides, to be between Cys4-Cys52, Cys16-Cys37, Cys22-Cys47, and Cys26-Cys49. These disulfide bonds contribute to its thermostability.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-ku Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hellekant
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D010940:Plant Proteins; D013549:Sweetening Agents; C090521:brazzein protein, Pentadiplandra brazzeana