Lunasin in cereal seeds: What is the origin?

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mitchell, Rowan A.C., Lovegrove, Alison, Shewry, Peter R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academic Press 2013
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24817784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2013.01.013
Descripción
Sumario: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.

Ejemplares similares