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Castor Bean

 
 
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Disease relevance of Castor Bean

 

High impact information on Castor Bean

  • Immunocytochemical localization of a vacuolar processing enzyme, a 37-kD cysteine proteinase, in the endosperm of maturing castor bean seeds places the enzyme in the vacuolar matrix, where a variety of proproteins is also present [4].
  • Acidification of isolated ricinosomes causes castor bean cysteine endopeptidase activation, with cleavage of the N-terminal propeptide and the C-terminal KDEL motif [5].
  • Thus, C. palaestina PDAT preferentially incorporates vernoloyl groups into TAG, whereas PDAT from castor bean incorporates both ricinoleoyl and vernoloyl groups [6].
  • Programmed cell death in castor bean endosperm is associated with the accumulation and release of a cysteine endopeptidase from ricinosomes [7].
  • A near-full-length casbene synthase cDNA clone, pCS7, was isolated by using a partial cDNA clone, pCS4, to probe a lambda gt10 library constructed from poly(A)+ RNA from elicited castor bean seedlings [8].
 

Biological context of Castor Bean

 

Anatomical context of Castor Bean

 

Associations of Castor Bean with chemical compounds

  • Radiolabeled isocitrate lyase (a glyoxysomal matrix protein) was produced by in vitro transcription of the castor bean cDNA and translation of the RNA in a wheat germ lysate [19].
  • Phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis by castor bean endosperm. Intracellular distribution and characteristics of CTP:ethanolaminephosphate cytidylyltransferase [20].
  • Sequence comparisons with a sesquiterpene cyclase, epi-aristolochene synthase from tobacco, and a diterpene cyclase, casbene synthase from castor bean, demonstrated a significant degree of similarity between these three terpenoid cyclase types, the first three examples of this large family of catalysts to be described from higher plants [21].
  • Variation in the oxygen isotope ratio of phloem sap sucrose from castor bean. Evidence in support of the Péclet effect [22].
  • A cDNA encoding the oleate 12-hydroxylase from castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) has previously been shown to direct the synthesis of small amounts of ricinoleic acid (12-hydroxyoctadec-cis-9-enoic acid) in seeds of transgenic tobacco plants [23].
 

Gene context of Castor Bean

  • Human castor bean allergy and HLA-A, B, C, DR [24].
  • These results suggest that expression of two tightly linked catalase genes of castor bean, cat1 and cat2, are differentially regulated during development [25].
  • The primary structure of the castor bean PLD exhibits no significant similarities with sequences of other cloned lipolytic enzymes [26].
  • The capacity of the castor bean proteins to bind human IgE was probed with sera from castor bean-sensitive patients and radiolabeled anti-IgE [27].
  • Allergy to castor bean. I. Its relationship to sensitization to common inhalant allergens (atopy) [28].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Castor Bean

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