Gurmarin

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Symbol = Gurmarin
Name = Gurmarin


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Pfam= PF06410
InterPro= IPR010485
SMART=
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SCOP = 1gur
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OPM family=
OPM protein= 1c4e
PDB=PDB3|1c4eA:1-35 PDB3|1gur :1-35

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 ratscite journal |author=Arai K, Aimoto S, Morikawa S, Yoshimura S, Ishima R, Imoto T, Miyasaka A, Akasaka K |title=Three-dimensional structure of gurmarin, a sweet taste-suppressing polypeptide |journal=J. Biomol. NMR |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=297–305 |year=1995 |pmid=7787425 |doi=10.1007/BF00211756] .

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