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  • Title: Cloning, expression and mutational studies of a trypsin inhibitor that retains activity even after cyanogen bromide digestion.
    Author: Bhattacharjee N, Banerjee S, Dutta SK.
    Journal: Protein Expr Purif; 2014 Apr; 96():26-31. PubMed ID: 24492011.
    Abstract:
    A winged bean trypsin inhibitor (WbTI-2) of molecular mass ∼20kDa, has been cloned and expressed in Escherichiacoli with full activity like the one from seed protein. It completely inhibits trypsin at an enzyme:inhibitor molar ratio of 1:2. PCR with cDNA and genomic DNA using same primers produced about 550 base pair product, which indicated it to be an intronless gene. Through site-directed mutagenesis, the Arg64 has been confirmed as the P1 residue. For the presence of five methionine residues in WbTI-2, cyanogen bromide (CNBr) digestion was carried out. Out of three fragments the one (about 65% of original size) containing the reactive site loop retained 50% activity.
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