title: A new peptidic protease inhibitor from Vicia faba seeds exhibits antifungal, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibiting and mitogenic activities.
abstract: A new trypsin-chymotrypsin Inhibitor, with an N-terminal sequence showing some differences from the previously reported trypsin-chymotrypsin inhibitor, was isolated from the broad bean Vicia faba. The inhibitor was a peptide with a molecular mass of 13 kDa. It was adsorbed on Affi-gel blue gel and CM-Sepharose. It exerted antifungal activity toward Mycosphaerella arachidicola and Physalospora piricola. In addition, the trypsin-chymotrypsin inhibitor elicited a mitogenic response from mouse splenocytes and inhibited the activity of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
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; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008934:Mitogens / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012639:Seeds; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031307:Vicia faba / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D008934:Mitogens; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D002918:Chymotrypsin