Astratides : insulin-modulating, insecticidal, and antifungal cysteine-rich peptides from Astragalus membranaceus

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Huang, Jiayi, Wong, Ka Ho, Tay, Stephanie Victoria, Serra, Aida, Sze, Siu Kuan, Tam, James P.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2021
• الموضوعات: Science::Biological sciences; Protein-structure; Antimicrobial Peptides
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146970

Astragalus membranaceus root, Huang Qi in Chinese, is a popular medicinal herb traditionally used to regulate blood glucose. Herein, the identification and characterization of two families of cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs), designated α- and β-astratides, from A. membranaceus roots are reported. Prot...