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Sechium edule | |
| SPECIES IMAGE |  | SOURCE | Chayote (squash) |
| LECTINS | Sechiumin |
| MOLECULAR IMAGE | | CLASS |
| NOMEN | LECa.Sec.Edu.xx.Xxxx |
| INDEX | Lectin from higher animal, typically vertebrates / / / / |
| CHARACTERIZATION | A new ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP), the N-terminal amino acid sequence of sechiumin is very similar to that of trichosanthin. |
| BIOACTIVITY | |
| SOURCE TISSUE | |
| SPECIFICITY | |
| INHIBITORS | Sechiumin has a highly specific RNA N-glycosidase activity towards 28S rRNA, as does the A-chain of abrin. It suggests that sechiumin is one of the type-I ribosome-inactivating proteins. |
| REFERENCES | Eur J Biochem 1998 Jul 15;255(2):400-8 |
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