WCI, a novel wheat chymotrypsin inhibitor: Purification, primary structure, inhibitory properties and heterologous expression

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 723-735

  Di Maro, Antimo ^a   Farisei, Francesca ^b   Panichi, Daniela ^b   Severino, Valeria ^a   Bruni, Natalia ^b   Ficca, Anna Grazia ^b   Ferranti, Pasquale ^c   Capuzzi, Valeria ^b   Tedeschi, Francesca ^b   Poerio, Elia ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cereal trypsin amylase inhibitor family; Phytophagous insect proteinases; Sequence analysis; Serine protease inhibitor; Triticum

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRITICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; SUS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80955178854     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1437-5     Document Type: Article

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