title: A novel peptide with ribonuclease and translation-inhibitory activities from fruiting bodies of the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus.
abstract: From the fresh fruiting bodies of the oyster mushroom a peptide with a molecular weight of 9 kDa and demonstrating a novel N-terminal sequence GPCYLVAFYESSGRR was isolated. The isolation procedure involved ion exchange chromatography on CM-Sepharose and Mono S. The peptide was adsorbed on both types of chromatographic media. The peptide demonstrated a ribonuclease activity of 650 U/mg toward yeast transfer RNA. It inhibited cell-free translation in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system with an IC50 of 15 nM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel / Q000379:methods; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020076:Pleurotus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000201:enzymology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D012156:Reticulocytes; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D012260:Ribonucleases