A Multigene Family of Trypsin/α-Amylase Inhibitors from Cereals

Abstract

Plant proteinaceous inhibitors of hydrolases from heterologous systems (fungi, insects, vertebrates, etc.) have been extensively studied. Recent advances in the molecular biology of these inhibitors have greatly increased our knowledge of their structure and in vitro properties, and have allowed previously unsuspected relationships between functionally different proteins to be established.