Structure-based protein engineering for α-amylase inhibitory activity of plant defensin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 530-540

  Lin, Ku Feng ^a   Lee, Tian Ren ^a   Tsai, Ping Hsing ^a   Hsu, Ming Pin ^b   Chen, Ching San ^b   Lyu, Ping Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

amylase inhibitory activity; Agricultural application; CS ; Motif; Plant defensin; Protein engineering; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DEFENSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHIMERA; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME INHIBITION; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PLANT; FABACEAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; VIGNA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 34250887046     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21378     Document Type: Article

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