Protease Inhibitors of Chickpea (Cicer arietinumL) During Seed Development

✍ Scribed by Harsulkar, Abhay M; Giri, Ashok P; Kothekar, Vijay S

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 191 KB
• Volume: 74
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199708)74:4<509::aid-jsfa827>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

Developing seeds of two chickpea varieties were collected on the 20th, 40th and 60th day after Ñowering (DAF) and analysed for trypsin inhibitors (TI). The varieties di †ered in their TI proÐles and activity units. The TI band and activity were not detectable at 20 DAF in the varieties Annigeri and BDN 9-3. Annigeri showed the highest total and speciÐc TI activity, and Ðve isoinhibitors at 40 DAF, which decreased to four at 60 DAF. The appearance and disappearance of TI bands during seed development indicate their speciÐc posttranslational modiÐcation and/or the presence of isolated gene groups.