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A significant sequence homology was found between barley (Hordeum vulgare) trypsin inhibitor and castor-bean (Ricinus communis) seed glutamine-rich storage protein. This appears to suggest a divergent evolution of the two different classes of seed proteins and to support a view that plant proteinase inhibitors may also act as storage proteins.
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Odani et al. (1983) studied this question.
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