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Molecular Identification of Four Different α-amylase Inhibitors from Baru (Dipteryx alata) Seeds with Activity Toward Insect Enzymes

  • Bonavides, Krishna B. (Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia) ;
  • Pelegrini, Patricia B. (Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia) ;
  • Laumann, Raul A. (Embrapa-Cenargen) ;
  • Grossi-De-Sa, Maria F. (Embrapa-Cenargen) ;
  • Bloch, Carlos Jr. (Embrapa-Cenargen) ;
  • Melo, Jorge A.T. (Embrapa-Cenargen) ;
  • Quirino, Betania F. (Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia) ;
  • Noronha, Eliane F. (Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia) ;
  • Franco, Octavio L. (Centro de Analises Proteomicas e Bioquimicas, Universidade Catolica de Brasilia)
  • Published : 2007.07.31
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Abstract

The endophytic bruchid pest Callosobruchus maculatus causes severe damage to storage cowpea seeds, leading to economical losses. For this reason the use of $\alpha$-amylase inhibitors to interfere with the pest digestion process has been an interesting alternative to control bruchids. With this aim, $\alpha$-amylase inhibitors from baru seeds (Dipteryx alata) were isolated by affinity chromatographic procedures, causing enhanced inhibition of C. maculatus and Anthonomus grandis $\alpha$-amylases. To attempt further purification, this fraction was applied onto a reversed-phase HPLC column, generating four peaks with remarkable inhibition toward C. maculatus $\alpha$-amylases. SDS-PAGE and MALDI-ToF analysis identified major proteins of approximately 5.0, 11.0, 20.0 and 55 kDa that showed $\alpha$-amylase inhibition. Results of in vivo bioassays using artificial seeds containing 1.0% (w/w) of baru crude extract revealed 40% cowpea weevil larvae mortality. These results provide evidence that several $\alpha$-amylase inhibitors classes, with biotechnological potential, can be isolated from a single plant species.

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