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100			_aSoedjanaatmadja U M S
245		4	_aThe efluent of natural rubber factories is enriched in the antifungal protein hevein
260			_bBioresource Technology _c1995
300			_a39-41
500			_aSource Year: 1996
520			_aHevein is a small cystine-rich protein with a polypeptied chain length of 43 residues. It occurs in the lutoid body fraction of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) latex, has affinity for chitin, and inhibits fungal growth. It was isolated from rubber factory effluent in a yield of about 0.7 g/litre. The elution position of the protein on reversedphase HPLC, analysis by ion-spray mass spectrometry and its one-dimentional NMR spectrum indicated that it was identical to the protein isolated from the lutoid-body fraction. The total amount of other proteins in the effluent from rubber production was less than 0.2 g/litre. This indicates that the effluent of rubber factories is a very suitable source for the isolation of a protein which may have commercial value as an antifungal agent.
650			_aEffluent
650			_aHevea brasiliensis
650			_aHevein
650			_aNatural Rubber
700			_aBeintema J J
700			_aSubroto T
856			_uHOA
942			_cJS
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