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''Capparis masaikai'', known as mabinlang,Data Portal of the
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Biodiversity occurrence data for Capparis masaikai H. Léveillé
 grows in the subtropical region of the
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and bear fruits of tennis-ball size. The mature seeds are used in
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. They are also used as sweets; the seeds elicit a sweet taste when chewed.X Liu, S Maeda, Z Hu, T Aiuchi, K Nakaya, Y Kurihara. Purification, complete amino acid sequence and structural characterization of the heat-stable sweet protein, mabinlin II. Eur J Biochem 1993. 211(1–2):281-7. The origin of the sweet taste was identified as sweet-tasting
proteins Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, re ...
named mabinlins. They are highly sweet, 100-400 times sweeter than sucrose on a weight basis.S Nirasawa, T Nishino, M Katahira, S Uesugi, Z Hu, Y Kurihara. Structures of heat-stable and unstable homologues of the sweet protein mabinlin. Eur J Biochem 1994, 223(3):989-95.


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