Plant toxins.
Many plants produce toxic proteins capable of inactivating eukaryotic ribosomes and thereby arresting protein synthesis. In certain plants the gene for a ribosome-inactivating protein has fused with a gene encoding an independent sugar-binding polypeptide to generate heterodimeric proteins which are among the most potent cytotoxins known.
Lord
J M
JM
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Roberts
L M
LM
D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D037102:Lectins / Q000633:toxicity; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000633:toxicity*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000187:drug effects
D003603:Cytotoxins; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins