Revising the taxonomic distribution, origin and evolution of ribosome inactivating protein genes.

Ribosome inactivating proteins are enzymes that depurinate a specific adenine residue in the alpha-sarcin-ricin loop of the large ribosomal RNA, being ricin and Shiga toxins the most renowned examples. They are widely distributed in plants and their presence has also been confirmed in a few bacteria...

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Main Authors: Walter J Lapadula, María Virginia Sánchez Puerta, Maximiliano Juri Ayub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764214?pdf=render