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Cyclotides

BBI-like TI

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Plant Species devoid of Cyclotides

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Contents

• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • The Cyclotides
    • Discovery and Initial Characterisation
    • Nomenclature and Sequence Conservation
    • Structural Characteristics of the cyclotides
    • Biosynthesis
    • Natural Activity of the cyclotides
    • Cyclotide Evolution
    • Summary
  • SFTI
    • Bowman-Birk Inhibitors and the Discovery of SFTI-1
    • Sequence and Structure
    • Biosynthesis
    • Evolution and Distribution
    • Summary
  • Other Cyclic Peptides
    • Knottins and Cyclic trypsin inhibitors from Cucurbitaceae
    • Cyclic Bacteriocins
    • Sex pilus subunits
    • -defensins
  • Summary and Common Themes
  
  
• References

CyBase is managed at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience IMB, Brisbane, Australia.

The database and computational tools found on this website may be used for academic research only, provided that it is referred to CyBase, the database of cyclic proteins (http://www.cybase.org.au). For any other use please contact David Craik (d.craik@imb.uq.edu.au).

Contacts:
David Craik
Conan Wang
Quentin Kaas

Last updated: Tuesday 6 June 2023