02543nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245015800055210006900213260007900282300001400361490000700375520170700382653002202089653002002111653002402131653001802155100002102173700001402194856012902208       2009                        eng d  a0196-978100aDifferential elicitation of an aspartic protease inhibitor: regulation of endogenous protease and initial events in germination in seeds of vigna radiata0 aDifferential elicitation of an aspartic protease inhibitor regul  a360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USAbELSEVIER SCIENCE INCcDEC  a2118-21260 v303 a<p>Plant aspartic proteases are of recent origin with their physiological significance in crucial processes emerging. Reports on the significance of aspartic protease inhibitors and their endogenous proteases in seeds of plants are scanty. This paper reports the purification of an aspartic protease inhibitor from the seeds of Vigna radiata, its control of the endogenous aspartic protease and their subsequent role in the early germination events. The role of the aspartic protease inhibitor and the enzyme in initial stages of germination of V. radiata has been tracked by differential timed expression and germination assays. The expression pattern revealed maximum expression of the inhibitor in the dormant seeds while the enzyme was predominant in the germinating seeds. Their expression patterns and interactions indicate their significance in initiation of germination. The expression of other classes of proteases was monitored during germination and a model predicting the events occurring during proteolysis of the storage protein in germination is hypothesized. The inhibitor was a linear, hydrophobic, pH stable and thermostable peptide with molecular weight of 1660 Da. The purified inhibitor showed a pI of 4.36 with the sequence as AEIYN KDGNK LDLYG. The inhibitor was found to be stable in a broad range of pH from 2 to 10 with an optimum of 3.0. The half-life of VrAPI at 100 degrees C was 30 min whereas the maximum activity was observed at 37 degrees C. The initial kinetic analysis of the inhibitor against the enclogenous protease showed an IC50 value of 11 nM while the value of the inhibition rate constant K-i was 34 x 10(-9) M. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>10aAspartic protease10aPlant proteases10aProtease inhibitors10aVigna radiata1 aKulkarni, Aarohi1 aRao, Mala  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/differential-elicitation-aspartic-protease-inhibitor-regulation-endogenous-protease-and-001772nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245014500055210006900200260009900269300001200368490000800380520088800388653002201276653002701298653002101325653002701346653001801373100001801391700001401409856013101423       2012                        eng d  a0960-852400aInhibition of xyloglucanase from an alkalothermophilic thermomonospora sp by a peptidic aspartic protease inhibitor from Penicillium sp VM240 aInhibition of xyloglucanase from an alkalothermophilic thermomon  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLANDbELSEVIER SCI LTDcNOV  a390-3990 v1233 a<p>A bifunctional inhibitor from Penicilliurn sp VM24 causing inactivation of xyloglucanase from Thermomonospora sp and an aspartic protease from Aspergillus saitoi was identified. Steady state kinetics studies of xyloglucanase and the inhibitor revealed an irreversible, non-competitive, two-step inhibition mechanism with IC50 and K-i; values of 780 and 500 nM respectively. The interaction of o-phthalaldehyde (OPTA)-labeled xyloglucanase with the inhibitor revealed that the inhibitor binds to the active site of the enzyme. Far- and near-UV spectrophotometric analysis suggests that the conformational changes induced in xyloglucanase by the inhibitor may be due to irreversible denaturation of enzyme. The bifunctional inhibitor may have potential as a biocontrol agent for the protection of plants against phytopathogenic fungi. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>10aAspartic protease10aBifunctional inhibitor10aBiocontrol agent10aInactivation mechanism10aXyloglucanase1 aMenon, Vishnu1 aRao, Mala  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/inhibition-xyloglucanase-alkalothermophilic-thermomonospora-sp-peptidic-aspartic-protease-0