title: Lunasin in cereal seeds: What is the origin?
abstract: Lunasin is a peptide from soybean seeds which has been demonstrated to have anticancer properties. It has also been reported in cereal seeds: wheat, rye, barley and Triticale. However, extensive searches of transcriptome and DNA sequence databases for wheat and other cereals have failed to identify sequences encoding either the lunasin peptide or a precursor protein. This raises the question of the origin of the lunasin reported in cereal grain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK.
authors.forename: Rowan A C
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lovegrove
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK ; School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading RG6 6AR, UK.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shewry
keywords: Cereals; Lunasin; Soybean; Wheat