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US 5,346,998 AGranted
Brazzein sweetener
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsBengt G. Hellekant, Ding Ming
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a protein sweetener that has been isolated from Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon. The sweetener is thermostable, lysine rich, and has a relative long lasting taste. Also disclosed is a recombinant host capable of producing the sweetener in large quantities. Compositions of this sweetener with other sweeteners are also disclosed.
Claims1
The DNA sequence essentially according to SEQ ID NO:
- 2, wherein the DNA sequence is located outside of a Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baillon cell, and the DNA sequence codes for essentially the protein of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, wherein the DNA sequence is essentially free of Pentadiplandra brazzeana plant material other than Brazzein.
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