Characterisation of novel metabolically-stable peptides from chenopodium quinoa

• Main Author: Ng, Jaclyn Cheah Yee
• Other Authors: James P Tam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74164
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hevein-like peptides are cysteine-rich, chitin-binding peptides often involved in plant anti- microbial defence. They vary between 2-6 kDa in size and characteristically contain 6-10 cysteine residues. The remarkable stability conferred by multiple disulfide crosslinks is hypothesised to contribu...