Toxic Plant Proteins

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lord, J. Michael (Editor), Hartley, Martin R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 18
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Cell Biology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Sciences.

Many plants produce enzymes collectively known as ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs). RIPs catalyze the removal of an adenine residue from a conserved loop in the large ribosomal RNA. The adenine residue removed by this depurination is crucial for the binding of elongation factors. Ribosomes modi...

Table of Contents:

• Evolution of Plant Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
• RNA N-Glycosidase Activity of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
• Enzymatic Activities of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
• Type I Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Saponaria officinalis
• Type 1 Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from the Ombú Tree (Phytolacca dioica L.)
• Sambucus Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins and Lectins
• Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from Abrus pulchellus
• Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins in Cereals
• Ribosome Inactivating Proteins and Apoptosis
• The Synthesis of Ricinus communis Lectins
• How Ricin Reaches its Target in the Cytosol of Mammalian Cells
• Ribosome-Inactivating Protein-Containing Conjugates for Therapeutic Use.