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Specific protein inhibitors of microbial serine proteinases were isolated from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), rye (Secale cereale L.) and triticale using affinity chromatography on subtilisin-Sepharose 4B. The wheat inhibitor had an isoelectric point (pI) at pH 7.2, while the rye inhibitor consisted of two forms with pI values of 6.8 and 7.1. In triticale, two components were present with pIs 7.2 and 6.8. All the inhibitors had M r values of approx. 20 000. The isolated proteins were effective inhibitors of subtilisins Carlsberg and BPN′, and of fungal proteinases (EC 3.4.21.14) from the genus Aspergillus, but they were completely inactive against trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1) and pancreatic elastase (EC 3.4.21.36). The inhibitors formed complexes with subtilisin in a molar ratio of 1:1. The results of chemical modifications seem to indicate that the isolated inhibitors have methionine residues in their reactive sites.
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isoelectric point
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Mosolov, V.V., Shul'gin, M.N. Protein inhibitors of microbial proteinases from wheat, rye and triticale. Planta 167, 595–600 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391238
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