Activity of wheat α-amylase inhibitors towards bruchid α-amylases and structural explanation of observed specificities

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2166-2173

  Franco, Octávio L ^a,b   Rigden, Daniel J ^b   Melo, Francislete R ^a,b   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^a,b   Silva, Carlos P ^c   Grossi De Sá, Maria F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b National Centre of Genetic Resources and Biotechnology   (Brazil)

^c Lab de Quim e Funcao de Protrenas   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amylase; Acanthoscelides; Amylase inhibitor specificity; Bruchids; Structural modeling

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PANCREAS; PEST CONTROL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SWINE; TRITICUM;

ACANTHOSCELIDES; ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHINAE; INSECTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SUIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034104461     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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