Solution structure of the plant defensin VrD1 from mung bean and its possible role in insecticidal activity against bruchids

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-786

  Liu, Yaw Jen ^a   Cheng, Chao Sheng ^a   Lai, Szu Ming ^a   Hsu, Ming Pin ^b   Chen, Ching San ^b,c   Lyu, Ping Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

amylase inhibitory activity; CS motif; Insecticidal activity; Plant defensin; VrD1

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE INHIBITOR; ARGININE; DEFENSIN; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; INSECT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEA; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENEBRIO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; FABACEAE; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TENEBRIO;

BRUCHINAE; INSECTA; PISUM SATIVUM; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 33646807759     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2006.878881     Document Type: Article

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