While no direct studies on recombinant Mabinlin-4 exist, its production likely parallels methods developed for Mabinlin-II:
E. coli systems: Expression in inclusion bodies followed by denaturation/renaturation .
Food-grade hosts: Lactococcus lactis for secretion, validated for Mabinlin-II .
Mabinlin-4’s shorter molecular weight (11.9 kDa vs. 12.3 kDa for Mabinlin-1/3) may affect folding efficiency .
The absence of arginine at position 47 in the B-chain (present in heat-stable Mabinlin-II) suggests lower thermal stability .
Sweetness: Mabinlin-4’s sweetness has not been quantified, but Mabinlin-II is reported to be ~400x sweeter than sucrose .
Taste receptor interaction: The B-chain’s [NL/I] tetralet motif (critical for sweetness in Mabinlin-II) is conserved in Mabinlin-4’s B-chain .
Sweetness quantification: No direct measurements of Mabinlin-4’s sweetness relative to sucrose or other homologues.
Thermostability: Unstudied, though structural homology suggests lower stability than Mabinlin-2.
Recombinant optimization: No tailored expression systems for Mabinlin-4 have been reported.