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- ISSN: 0929-8665
- E-ISSN: 1875-5305
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Discovery of Novel Plant Peptides as Strong Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases
- Source: Protein and Peptide Letters, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2009, p. 543 - 551
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- 01 May 2009
Abstract
Five novel metalloproteinase protein inhibitors (MPIs) with molecular mass between 5.6 and 8.9 kDa and acid/neutral pI were detected in lupin seeds and exhibited strong inhibitory activities against thermolysin and/or gelatinase B. These novel peptides constitute not only the first MPIs described in plants but also the first plant peptides with inhibitory activity against a matrixin.
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