Ip. Gladysheva et al., Interaction between duodenase, a proteinase with dual specificity, and soybean inhibitors of Bowman-Birk and Kunitz type, BIOCHEM-MOS, 64(11), 1999, pp. 1244-1249
The interaction between duodenase, which belongs to a group of Janus-faced
proteinases, and classical Bowman-Birk (BBI) and Kunitz (STI) type inhibito
rs from soybean was investigated. Duodenase was shown to interact only with
the antichymotrypsin site (Leu-Ser) of BBI, whereas the antitrypsin site (
Lys-Ser) of the inhibitor appeared to be vacant and capable of interaction
with trypsin. The inhibition constants of duodenase by BBI, the BBI-trypsin
complex, and STI were 4, 400, and 40 nM, respectively.