UniProt functional annotation for P80321

UniProt code: P80321.

Organism: Medicago scutellata (Snail medic) (Medicago polymorpha var. scutellata).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Fabales; Fabaceae; Papilionoideae; 50 kb inversion clade; NPAAA clade; Hologalegina; IRL clade; Trifolieae; Medicago.
 
Function: Inhibits trypsin but not chymotrypsin. Inhibits the trypsin- like proteinase activity present in larvae of the crop pests Adoxophyes orana, Hyphantria cunea, Lobesia botrana and Ostrinia nubilalis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9014368}.
 
Subunit: Forms a monomer at protein concentrations of below 1 mM. At concentrations of above 2 mM, self-associates. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12627949, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17142058}.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=6926; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9014368};
Similarity: Belongs to the Bowman-Birk serine protease inhibitor family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.