Symbol Gurmarin InterPro IPR010485 SUPERFAMILY 1gur | Pfam PF06410 SCOP 1gur OPM protein 1c4e | |
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Gurmarin is a 35-residue polypeptide from the Asclepiad vine Gymnema sylvestre (Gurmar). It has been utilised as a pharmacological tool in the study of sweet-taste transduction because of its ability to selectively inhibit the neural response to sweet tastants in rats. As a sweet-taste-suppressing protein, gurmarin is only active on rodent sweet taste receptors but not on that of humans. ref: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2012 Nov;96(3):619-30
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