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Improvement of the bitter taste of amino acids through the transpeptidation reaction of bacterial gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11782200     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The tastes of several bitter amino acids and their gamma-glutamyl derivatives were compared. The bitterness of Phe, Val, Leu, and His was reduced, sourness was produced, and preferences were increased by gamma-glutamylization. Because the effect of gamma-glutamylization of bitter amino acids was most obvious for Phe, which is an atypical bitter amino acid, an enzymatic method for the synthesis of gamma-glutamylphenylalanine (gamma-Glu-Phe) involving bacterial gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase was developed. The optimum reaction conditions were 200 mM Gln, 200 mM Phe, and 0.5 unit/mL GGT, pH 10.4. After 1.5-h of incubation at 37 degrees C, 140 mM gamma-Glu-Phe was obtained, the yield being 70%. gamma-Glu-Phe was purified on a Dowex 1x8 column and then identified by NMR.
Authors:
Hideyuki Suzuki; Yoko Kajimoto; Hidehiko Kumagai
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of agricultural and food chemistry     Volume:  50     ISSN:  0021-8561     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Agric. Food Chem.     Publication Date:  2002 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-09     Completed Date:  2002-05-14     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0374755     Medline TA:  J Agric Food Chem     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  313-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. hideyuki@lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acids / analysis,  chemistry*
Dipeptides / chemical synthesis,  isolation & purification
Escherichia coli / enzymology
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
Taste*
gamma-Glutamyltransferase / metabolism*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Dipeptides; 7432-24-8/gamma-glutamylphenylalanine; EC 2.3.2.2/gamma-Glutamyltransferase

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