- Evidence for Ancient Origins of Bowman-Birk Inhibitors from
Evidence for Ancient Origins of Bowman-Birk Inhibitors from
The Plant cell (2017-03-17)
Amy M James, Achala S Jayasena, Jingjing Zhang, Oliver Berkowitz, David Secco, Gavin J Knott, James Whelan, Charles S Bond, Joshua S Mylne
PMID28298518
ABSTRACT
Bowman-Birk Inhibitors (BBIs) are a well-known family of plant protease inhibitors first described 70 years ago. BBIs are known only in the legume (Fabaceae) and cereal (Poaceae) families, but peptides that mimic their trypsin-inhibitory loops exist in sunflowers (