A ubiquitin-like peptide from the mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju exhibits relatively potent translation-inhibitory and ribonuclease activities

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1361-1365

  Ng, T B ^a   Lam, S K ^a   Chan, S Y ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mushroom; Ribonuclease; Translation inhibitory; Ubiquitin like peptide

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; BUFFER; CELLULOSE; FUNGAL RNA; PEPTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA; UBIQUITIN;

ADSORPTION; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL; GEL FILTRATION; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS SAJOR CAJU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; YEAST;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PLEUROTUS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEASES; UBIQUITIN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS SAJOR-CAJU;

EID: 0036701078     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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