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Neuronal and muscular alterations caused by two wheat endosperm proteins, puroindoline-a and alpha1-purothionin, are due to ion pore formation.

Paola Llanos1, Mauricio Henriquez, Jasmina Minic, Khalil Elmorjani, Didier Marion, Gloria Riquelme, Jordi Molgó, Evelyne Benoit.   

Abstract

Using the patch-clamp technique it was found that the toxicity of the two wheat endosperm proteins puroindoline-a and alpha1-purothionin probably results from the dissipation of ion concentration gradients essential for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 14564416     DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0353-4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur Biophys J        ISSN: 0175-7571            Impact factor:   1.733


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1.  Giant liposomes: a model system in which to obtain patch-clamp recordings of ionic channels.

Authors:  G Riquelme; E Lopez; L M Garcia-Segura; J A Ferragut; J M Gonzalez-Ros
Journal:  Biochemistry       Date:  1990-12-25       Impact factor: 3.162

2.  The wheat proteins puroindoline-a and alpha1-purothionin induce nodal swelling in myelinated axons.

Authors:  C Mattei; K Elmorjani; J Molgó; D Marion; E Benoit
Journal:  Neuroreport       Date:  1998-12-01       Impact factor: 1.837

3.  Complete amino acid sequence of puroindoline, a new basic and cystine-rich protein with a unique tryptophan-rich domain, isolated from wheat endosperm by Triton X-114 phase partitioning.

Authors:  J E Blochet; C Chevalier; E Forest; E Pebay-Peyroula; M F Gautier; P Joudrier; M Pézolet; D Marion
Journal:  FEBS Lett       Date:  1993-08-30       Impact factor: 4.124

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1.  X-ray scattering studies of model lipid membrane interacting with purothionin provide support for a previously proposed mechanism of membrane lysis.

Authors:  Jaroslaw Majewski; Boguslaw Stec
Journal:  Eur Biophys J       Date:  2009-12-10       Impact factor: 1.733

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