title: Peptides and proteins from fungi.
abstract: The peptides and proteins secreted by fungi are reviewed in this article. They include ribosome inactivating peptides and proteins, antifungal peptides and proteins, lectins, ubiquitin-like peptides and proteins, peptides and proteins with nucleolytic activity, proteases, xylanases, cellulases, sugar oxidoreductases, laccases, invertases, trehalose phosphorylases, and various enzymes with applications in food industry, chemical production and the medical sector.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010455:Peptides