Chymotrypsin inhibitor from Erythrina uariegata seeds: Involvement of amino acid residues within the primary binding loop in potent inhibitory activity toward chymotrypsin

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 663-669

  Iwanaga, Shiroh ^a   Yamasaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Kimura, Makoto ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin inhibitor; Erythrina variegata; Kunitz family protein; Primary binding loop; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; ERYTHRINA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0031716887     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022163     Document Type: Article

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