Novel insights on the mechanism of action of α-amylase inhibitors from the plant defensin family

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 719-729

  Pelegrini, Patrícia B ^a   Lay, Fung T ^b   Murad, André M ^a   Anderson, Marilyn A ^b   Franco, Octavio L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Módulo B ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

amylase; Cloning; Cowpea; Defensin; Expression

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; DEFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VUD1 PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COWPEA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; WEEVIL;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FABACEAE; HUMANS; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZABROTES SUBFASCIATUS;

EID: 57349188418     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22086     Document Type: Article

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