Revisiting the enzymes stored in the laticifers of Carica papaya in the context of their possible participation in the plant defence mechanism

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 556-570

  El Moussaoui, A ^a   Nijs, M ^a   Paul, C ^a   Wintjens, R ^a   Vincentelli, J ^a   Azarkan, M ^a   Looze, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5 Oxoproline; Carica papaya; Glycosyl hydrolase; Kunitz; Laticifer; Lipase; Papain; Phytocystatins

Indexed keywords

CARICAIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLYCYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; LATEX; PAPAIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LATICIFER; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYMES; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; LIPASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPAIN; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; ROSALES;

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 0035038669     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000881     Document Type: Review

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