Kiwi protein inhibitor of pectin methylesterase: Amino-acid sequence and structural importance of two disulfide bridges

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 4561-4565

  Camardella, Laura ^a   Carratore, Vito ^a   Ciardiello, Maria A ^a   Servillo, Luigi ^a   Balestrieri, Ciro ^a   Giovane, Alfonso ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinidia chinensis; Disulfide bridges; Invertase inhibitor; Pectin methylesterase inhibitor; Primary structure

Indexed keywords

PECTINESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0012888474     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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