Forisomes, method for their isolation, and their use as a...

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2011-03-08

2011-03-08

Rao, Manjunath N (Department: 1656)

Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;

Peptides of 3 to 100 amino acid residues

8 to 10 amino acid residues in defined sequence

C530S329000, C530S370000, C424S757000, C435S004000

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07902331

ABSTRACT:
A protein body derivable from Fabaceae has a reversible, anisotropic contractability such that the protein body becomes thicker perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the protein body and shorter along the longitudinal axis of the protein body when increasing a calcium ion concentration in a medium surrounding the protein body past a threshold value of 30 nM. The protein body becomes thinner perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and longer along the longitudinal axis when decreasing the calcium ion concentration below the threshold value of 30 nM. Also, the protein body becomes thicker in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis when increasing a pH value of a medium surrounding the protein body to a value above 9.5 without becoming shorter along the longitudinal axis. The protein body becomes thinner in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis without becoming longer decreasing the pH value below 9.5.

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Knoblauch, M., et al. 2003 Nature Materials 2: 600-603.
Michael Knoblauch et al., Reversible Calcium-Regulated Stopcoks in Legume Sieve Tubes; The Plant Cell, May 13, 2001 (5): 1221-1230, American Society of Plant Biologists.
H.-Dietmar Behnke, Nondispersive Protein Bodies in Sieve Elements: A Survey and Review of Their Origin, Distribution and Taxonomic Significance, IAWA Bulletin vol. 12 (2) 1991, pp. 143-175.

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