page_title: Monellin
hierarchical_section_title: Monellin
caption_attribution_description: Monellin
context_page_description: Monellin, a sweet protein, was discovered in 1969 in the fruit of the West African shrub known as serendipity berry; it was first reported as a carbohydrate. The protein was named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where it was isolated and characterized.
context_section_description: Monellin, a sweet protein, was discovered in 1969 in the fruit of the West African shrub known as serendipity berry (Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii); it was first reported as a carbohydrate. The protein was named in 1972 after the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, U.S.A., where it was isolated and characterized.
caption: X-ray crystal structure of an engineered single-chain monellin protein.[1]
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