Discovery of an unusual biosynthetic origin for circular proteins in legumes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 10127-10132

  Poth, Aaron G ^a,b   Colgrave, Michelle L ^b   Lyons, Russell E ^b   Dalya, Norelle L ^a   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclic peptides; Cystine knot; Kalata B1; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYCLOTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLITORIA TERNATEA; FLOWER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEGUME; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYCLOTIDES; FABACEAE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CENTROSEMA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; FABACEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79959965754     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103660108     Document Type: Article

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