Plant Serpins: Potential Inhibitors of Serine and Cysteine Proteases with Multiple Functions.

ABSTRACT: Plant serpins are a superfamily of protein inhibitors that have been continuously studied in different species and have great biotechnological potential. However, despite ongoing studies with these inhibitors, the biological role of this family in the plant kingdom has not yet been fully clarified. In order to obtain new insights into the potential of plant serpins, this study presents the first systematic review of the topic, whose main objective was to scrutinize the published literature to increase knowledge about this superfamily. Using keywords and the eligibility criteria defined in the protocol, we selected studies from the Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases. According to the eligible studies, serpins inhibit different serine and non-serine proteases from plants, animals,

SUBMITTER: Ferreira MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10609998 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature