Cys155 of 27 kDa maize γ-zein is a key amino acid to improve its in vitro digestibility

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 5803-5806

  Lee, Sung Ho ^a   Hamaker, Bruce R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal; Cysteine; Digestibility; Protein; Zein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPSIN A; PROLAMIN; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEMICAL BOND; DIGESTION; IN VITRO SELECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SORGHUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DIGESTION; DNA, PLANT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750066626     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.09.033     Document Type: Article

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