Contribution of conserved Asn residues to the inhibitory activities of kunitz-type protease inhibitors from plants

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-223

  Iwanaga, Shiroh ^a,c   Yamasaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Kimura, Makoto ^a   Kouzuma, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythrina variegata; Hydrogen bonds; Kunitz type protease inhibitor; Primary binding loop; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; PROTEINS; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ASN RESIDUES; BINDING LOOPS; COGNATE PROTEASES; MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASPARAGINE; KUNITZ TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR, PLANT; KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR, PLANT; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHRINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ERYTHRINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 15244361469     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.220     Document Type: Article

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