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The distribution of serine proteinase inhibitors in seeds of the Asteridae.
Phytochemistry - 1 Nov 2004
Konarev Alexander V, Griffin Jonathan, Konechnaya Galina Yu, Shewry Peter R
Abstract excerpt
The Asteridae is one of the most successful clades of flowering plants comprising some 80,000 species. Despite this diversity, analysis of seeds from 398 species (representing 8 orders, 32 families and 181 genera) showed just two major types of serine proteinase inhibitors (PI). PIs of the potato inhibitor I family were widely distributed. These had M(r) of 7000-7500 and were inhibitory to subtilisin and one or...
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