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Abundant class III acidic chitinase homologue in tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed serves as the major storage protein.

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Title Abundant class III acidic chitinase homologue in tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed serves as the major storage protein.
 
Creator Rao, Devavratha H
Gowda, Lalitha R
 
Subject 29 Protein Chemistry
30 Spices/Condiments
 
Description The phyla Leguminosae contains protease inhibitors, lectins, chitinases, and glycohydrolases as major defense proteins in their seeds. Electrophoretic analysis of the seed proteins of tamarind ( Tamarindus indica L.), an agri-waste material, indicated the unusual presence of two major proteins comparable to overexpression of recombinant proteins. These proteins were identified by amino-terminal analysis to be (1) Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitor and (2) class III endochitinase (34000 Da). These two proteins were purified to apparent homogeneity by a single-step chitin bead affinity chromatography and characterized. The Kunitz inhibitor was specific toward inhibiting trypsin with a stoichiometry of 1:1. The 33000 +/- 1000 Da protein, accounting for >50% of the total seed protein, is an acidic glycoprotein exhibiting a very low endotype hydrolytic activity toward chitin derivatives. SDS-PAGE followed by densitometry of tamarind seed germination indicates the disappearance of the chitinase with the concomitant appearance of a cysteine endopeptidase. On the basis of its abundance, accumulation without any pathogenesis-related stimulus, temporal regulation, amino acid composition, and very low enzyme activity, this 34000 Da protein designated "tamarinin" physiologically serves as the major storage protein.
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/1809/1/J._Agric._Food_Chem._2008%2C_56%2C_2175%E2%80%932182.pdf
Rao, Devavratha H and Gowda, Lalitha R (2008) Abundant class III acidic chitinase homologue in tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed serves as the major storage protein. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 56 (6). pp. 2175-2182. ISSN 0021-8561