Novel Inhibitor Cystine Knot Peptides from Momordica charantia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  He, Wen Jun ^a   Chan, Lai Yue ^b   Clark, Richard J ^b   Tang, Jun ^a   Zeng, Guang Zhi ^a   Franco, Octavio L ^c   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^d   Craik, David J ^b   Daly, Norelle L ^b,d   Tan, Ning Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE MCH 1; PEPTIDE MCH 2; PEPTIDE MCTI 1; PEPTIDE MCTI 2; PEPTIDE MCTI 3; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT SEED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

EID: 84885128268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075334     Document Type: Article

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