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| Silva,Maria Cristina Mattar da; Mello,Luciane Vieira; Coutinho,Marise Ventura; Rigden,Daniel John; Neshich,Goran; Chrispeels,Maarten John; Grossi-de-Sá,Maria Fátima. |
| Despite the presence of a family of defense proteins, Phaseolus vulgaris can be attacked by bruchid insects resulting in serious damage to stored grains. The two distinct active forms of a-amylase inhibitors, a-AI1 and a-AI2, in P. vulgaris show different specificity toward a-amylases. Zabrotes subfasciatus a-amylase is inhibited by a-AI2 but not by a-AI1. In contrast, porcine a-amylase is inhibited by a-AI1 but not by a-AI2. The objective of this work was to understand the molecular basis of the specificity of two inhibitors in P. vulgaris (a-AI1 and a-AI2) in relation to a-amylases. Mutants of a-AI2 were made and expressed in tobacco plants. The results showed that all the a-AI2 mutant inhibitors lost their activity against the insect a-amylases but none... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Phaseolus vulgaris; A-amylase inhibitors; Inhibitor specificity; Site directed mutagenesis; Structural modeling. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2004000300001 |
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