Ribosome-inactivating proteins: Potent poisons and molecular tools

MJ Walsh, JE Dodd, GM Hautbergue - Virulence, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) were first isolated over a century ago and have been
shown to be catalytic toxins that irreversibly inactivate protein synthesis. Elucidation of …

Ribosome-inactivating proteins: from plant defense to tumor attack

M de Virgilio, A Lombardi, R Caliandro, MS Fabbrini - Toxins, 2010 - mdpi.com
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are EC3. 2.32. 22 N-glycosidases that recognize a
universally conserved stem-loop structure in 23S/25S/28S rRNA, depurinating a single …

Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptide-modified extracellular vesicles for active macropinocytosis induction and efficient intracellular delivery

I Nakase, K Noguchi, A Aoki, T Takatani-Nakase… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) including exosomes have been shown to play crucial roles in
cell-to-cell communication because of their ability to carry biofunctional molecules (eg …

Saporin-S6: a useful tool in cancer therapy

L Polito, M Bortolotti, D Mercatelli, MG Battelli… - Toxins, 2013 - mdpi.com
Thirty years ago, the type 1 ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) saporin-S6 (also known as
saporin) was isolated from Saponaria officinalis L. seeds. Since then, the properties and …

Vectorization of biomacromolecules into cells using extracellular vesicles with enhanced internalization induced by macropinocytosis

I Nakase, K Noguchi, I Fujii, S Futaki - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs, exosomes) are approximately 30-to 200-nm-long vesicles that
have received increased attention due to their role in cell-to-cell communication. Although …

Ribosome-inactivating proteins: a family of plant proteins that do more than inactivate ribosomes

EJM Van Damme, Q Hao, Y Chen, A Barre… - Critical Reviews in …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Many plants contain proteins that are commonly designated as ribosome-inactivating
proteins (RIPs). Based on the structure of the genes and the mature proteins a novel system …

Macropinocytosis-inducible extracellular vesicles modified with antimicrobial protein CAP18-derived cell-penetrating peptides for efficient intracellular delivery

K Noguchi, M Obuki, H Sumi, M Klussmann… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The antimicrobial protein CAP18 (approximate molecular weight: 18 000), which was first
isolated from rabbit granulocytes, comprises a C-terminal fragment that has negatively …

Expanding role of ribosome‐inactivating proteins: From toxins to therapeutics

A Sharma, S Gupta, NR Sharma, K Paul - IUBMB life, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosome‐inactivating proteins (RIPs) are toxic proteins with N‐glycosidase activity. RIPs
exert their action by removing a specific purine from 28S rRNA, thereby, irreversibly …

Nutraceuticals derived from seed storage proteins: implications for health wellness

A Kumar, DK Agarwal, S Kumar, YM Reddy… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Seed storage proteins are major source of proteins because of readily available bioactive
peptides. These peptides are fragments of a protein, which showed positive implications on …

Receptor clustering and activation by multivalent interaction through recognition peptides presented on exosomes

I Nakase, N Ueno, M Katayama, K Noguchi… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate a novel system for inducing clustering of cell surface receptors via
recognition peptide segments displayed on exosomes, leading to receptor activation. With …