Mungin, a novel cyclophilin-like antifungal protein from the mung bean - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2000 Jul 14;273(3):1111-5.

doi: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3067.

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Mungin, a novel cyclophilin-like antifungal protein from the mung bean

X Y Ye et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000.

Abstract

A protein designated mungin, isolated from mung bean (Phaseolus mungo) seeds, possessed activity against the fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Coprinus comatus, Mycosphaerella arachidicola, Botrytis cinerea, and Fusarium oxysporum. The 18-kDa protein also possessed a novel N-terminal sequence with similarity to cyclophilins. It exerts an inhibitory action against alpha- and beta-glucosidases suppresses [(3)H]thymidine in corporation by mouse splenocytes.

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