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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 (

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description
B4875
Sigma-Aldrich
Nα-Benzoyl-DL-arginine 4-nitroanilide hydrochloride, ≥98%
T9777
Sigma-Aldrich
Trypsin-chymotrypsin inhibitor from Glycine max (soybean), lyophilized powder