Two kunitz-type inhibitors with activity against trypsin and papain from Pithecellobium dumosum seeds: Purification, characterization, and activity towards pest insect digestive enzyme

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1526-1532

  Oliveira, A S ^a,b   Migliolo, L ^a   Aquino, R O ^a   Ribeiro, J K C ^a   Macedo, L L P ^a   Bemquerer, M P ^c   Santos, E A ^a   Kiyota, S ^d   De Sales, M P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kunitz inhibitor; Leguminosae; Pest proteases; Pithecellobium dumosum

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; KUNITZ TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR, PLANT; KUNITZ-TYPE PROTEASE INHIBITOR, PLANT; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PAPAIN; PDKI 3.1 PROTEIN, PITHECELLOBIUM DUMOSUM; PDKI 3.2 PROTEIN, PITHECELLOBIUM DUMOSUM; PDKI-3.1 PROTEIN, PITHECELLOBIUM DUMOSUM; PDKI-3.2 PROTEIN, PITHECELLOBIUM DUMOSUM; PEPTIDE; TRYPSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LARVA; LEGUME; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BROMELAINS; CATTLE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FABACEAE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PAPAIN; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPSIN;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; PITHECELLOBIUM; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; ZABROTES SUBFASCIATUS;

EID: 73449118609     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609789839403     Document Type: Article

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