Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases

A trypsin inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia seeds, a well known Chinese herb, was isolated to apparent homogeneity by a combination of distilled water extraction, ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sepharose 4B-trypsin affinity and Sephadex G-75 chromatography. SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF analyses show that...

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Main Authors: LIAO Hai, REN Wei, ZHAO Xiao-jun, DU Lin-fang
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Published: Zhejiang University Press 2008-01-01
Series:浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
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Online Access:https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2008.01.005
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description A trypsin inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia seeds, a well known Chinese herb, was isolated to apparent homogeneity by a combination of distilled water extraction, ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sepharose 4B-trypsin affinity and Sephadex G-75 chromatography. SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF analyses show that this inhibitor consisted of a single polypeptide chain with accurate molecular mass of 19812.55 Da. The inhibitor contained large quantities of isoleucine, valine and phenylalanine. Peptide mass fingerprint of the inhibitor showed eight signal clusters. The inhibitor had one reactive site involved with lysine residue. Simulated gastric fluid digestion and fluorescence spectra show disulfide linkage and lysine residue were important in maintaining the biologically active conformation of this inhibitor. This inhibitor lost inhibitory activity and resistance to pepsin under reductive and lysine-modified process. Partial amino acid sequence of the purified protein from MS/MS showed a high degree of homology with various members of the Kunitz-inhibitor family. Moreover, trypsin-like activity in midgut of Pieris rapae larvae was substantially inhibited by the purified inhibitor, which showed equivalent inhibitory activity with soybean Bowman-Birk inhibitor.
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spelling doaj-art-7d82998d9444477e937d52bd037ca8ce2025-08-20T03:34:08ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552008-01-0134293710.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2008.01.00510089209Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteasesLIAO HaiREN WeiZHAO Xiao-junDU Lin-fangA trypsin inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia seeds, a well known Chinese herb, was isolated to apparent homogeneity by a combination of distilled water extraction, ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sepharose 4B-trypsin affinity and Sephadex G-75 chromatography. SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF analyses show that this inhibitor consisted of a single polypeptide chain with accurate molecular mass of 19812.55 Da. The inhibitor contained large quantities of isoleucine, valine and phenylalanine. Peptide mass fingerprint of the inhibitor showed eight signal clusters. The inhibitor had one reactive site involved with lysine residue. Simulated gastric fluid digestion and fluorescence spectra show disulfide linkage and lysine residue were important in maintaining the biologically active conformation of this inhibitor. This inhibitor lost inhibitory activity and resistance to pepsin under reductive and lysine-modified process. Partial amino acid sequence of the purified protein from MS/MS showed a high degree of homology with various members of the Kunitz-inhibitor family. Moreover, trypsin-like activity in midgut of Pieris rapae larvae was substantially inhibited by the purified inhibitor, which showed equivalent inhibitory activity with soybean Bowman-Birk inhibitor.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2008.01.005<italic>Cassia obtusifolia</italic>homologyKunitz inhibitorpest control<italic>Pieris rapae</italic>
spellingShingle LIAO Hai
REN Wei
ZHAO Xiao-jun
DU Lin-fang
Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
<italic>Cassia obtusifolia</italic>
homology
Kunitz inhibitor
pest control
<italic>Pieris rapae</italic>
title Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
title_full Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
title_fullStr Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
title_short Identification of Kunitz inhibitor from Cassia obtusifolia L. and its inhibitory effect against Pieris rapae proteases
title_sort identification of kunitz inhibitor from cassia obtusifolia l and its inhibitory effect against pieris rapae proteases
topic <italic>Cassia obtusifolia</italic>
homology
Kunitz inhibitor
pest control
<italic>Pieris rapae</italic>
url https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2008.01.005
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