Inhibition of midgut protease of yellow stem borer (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Scirpophaga incertulas</Emphasis>) by cysteine protease-like inhibitor from mature jackfruit (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Artocarpus heterophyllus</Emphasis>) seed |
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Authors: | Md Shamim N A Khan K N Singh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad, India; |
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Abstract: | A novel protease inhibitor was isolated and purified from the mature seeds of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) by precipitation with ammonium sulphate, followed by DEAE-cellulose and gel filtration (Sephadex G-100) chromatography.
The isolated protease inhibitor strongly inhibited papain and midgut proteases of yellow stem borer (Scipophaga incertulas) larvae, as seen by in vitro assay. The purified protease inhibitor was active over a wide range of pH with the maximum activity
between pH 4 and 10. This protein was also stable up to 80°C, but the retained activity was lost at 100°C, when heated for
30 min. The molecular mass of the purified cysteine-like protease inhibitor is to be 14.50 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE.
Significant reduction in larval weight and mortality was observed, when fresh rice culms with protease inhibitor was feeded
to the yellow stem borer larvae. These results may provide important information to control the yellow stem borer in rice
with respect to naturally occurring insecticidal proteins. The observed differences would potentially translate into reductions
in population growth of yellow stem borer, indicating a potential value of using jackfruit protease inhibitor for protecting
rice plants against damage by the yellow stem borer. |
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