Primary structure and reactive site of a novel wheat proteinase inhibitor of subtilisin and chymotrypsin

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 295-304

  Poerio, Elia ^a   Di Gennaro, Simone ^a   Di Maro, Antimo ^b   Farisei, Francesca ^a   Ferranti, Pasquale ^c,d   Parente, Augusto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzyme inhibitor; Homology; Reactive site; Sequence analysis; Serine proteinases; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CYSTEINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHIONINE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BARLEY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHYMOTRYPSIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBTILISIN; TRITICUM;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037300857     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2003.033     Document Type: Article

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