Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.273, No.3, 1111-1115, 2000
Mungin, a novel cyclophilin-like antifungal protein from the mung bean
A protein designated mungin, isolated from mung bean (Phaseolus mungo) seeds, possessed activity against the fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Coprinus comatus, Mycosphaerella arachidicola, Botrytis cinerea, and Fusarium oxysporum. The 18-kDa protein also possessed a novel N-terminal sequence with similarity to cyclophilins, It exerts an inhibitory action against alpha-and beta-glucosidases suppresses [H-3]thymidine in corporation by mouse splenocytes,