page_title: Curculin
hierarchical_section_title: Curculin
caption_attribution_description: Cartoon diagram of a curculin homodimer. Orientation made to match figure in original source.Created using PyMOL (http://www.pymol.org) and GIMP. Optimized with OptiPNG.
context_page_description: Curculin or neoculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin, curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however, unlike miraculin, it also exhibits a sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin, water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as 'Lumbah' or 'Lemba'.
context_section_description: Curculin or neoculin is a sweet protein that was discovered and isolated in 1990 from the fruit of Curculigo latifolia (Hypoxidaceae), a plant from Malaysia. Like miraculin, curculin exhibits taste-modifying activity; however, unlike miraculin, it also exhibits a  sweet taste by itself. After consumption of curculin, water and sour solutions taste sweet. The plant is referred to locally as 'Lumbah' or 'Lemba'.
caption: A curculin homodimer. From PDB: 2DPF​.
exif: {}