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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 This study investigated the hydrolysis effect of the endopeptidase from wheat malt on the soybean meal proteins. The results indicated that the endopeptidase broke the peptide bonds of soybean meal proteins and converted the alcohol- and alkali-soluble ...
Jingxiao Fan +3 more
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Evaluation of Enkephalin-Degrading Enzymes in Sperm from Heroin-Addicted Men [PDF]
International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2020 Background The aim of this study was to investigate two enkephalin-degrading enzymes, aminopeptidase N (APN/ CD13) and endopeptidase (NEP/CD10), gene and protein expression levels in sperm samples of fertile and heroin- addicted men, and the ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Proteins constitute a particularly bioavailable subset of organic carbon and nitrogen in aquatic environments but must be hydrolyzed by extracellular enzymes prior to being metabolized by microorganisms.
Lauren Mullen +8 more
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Characterization of LysBC17, a Lytic Endopeptidase from Bacillus cereus
Antibiotics, 2019 Bacillus cereus, a Gram-positive bacterium, is an agent of food poisoning. B. cereus is closely related to Bacillus anthracis, a deadly pathogen for humans, and Bacillus thuringenesis, an insect pathogen.
Steven M. Swift +6 more
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Genetic Evidence for Distinct Functions of Peptidoglycan Endopeptidases in Escherichia coli
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Peptidoglycan (PG) is an essential component of the bacterial exoskeleton that plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of cell shape and resistance to cell lysis under high turgor pressures.
Si Hyoung Park +4 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification plays an important regulatory role in T cell receptor (TCR) signaling transduction. SUMO-specific proteases (SENPs) have dual-enzyme activities; they can both process SUMO precursors as endopeptidases and
Yun-Yi Li +6 more
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Crystal Structure of Bovine Alpha-Chymotrypsin in Space Group P65
Crystals, 2018 Chymotrypsin is a protease that is commonly used as a standard for protein crystallization and as a model system for studying serine proteases. Unliganded bovine α-chymotrypsin was crystallized at neutral pH using ammonium sulphate as the precipitant ...
Andrew C. Marshall +4 more
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Recommended Immunological Strategies to Screen for Botulinum Neurotoxin-Containing Samples
Toxins, 2015 Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) cause the life-threatening neurological illness botulism in humans and animals and are divided into seven serotypes (BoNT/A–G), of which serotypes A, B, E, and F cause the disease in humans. BoNTs are classified as “category
Stéphanie Simon +10 more
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Computer-aided lead optimization: improved small-molecule inhibitor of the zinc endopeptidase of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Optimization of a serotype-selective, small-molecule inhibitor of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNTA) endopeptidase is a formidable challenge because the enzyme-substrate interface is unusually large and the endopeptidase itself is a large, zinc ...
Jing Tang +4 more
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Serum neprilysin levels are elevated in preeclampsia
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021 Objective: To evaluate the possible associations between serum Neprilysin (NEP) levels and preeclampsia and mild and severe preeclampsia subgroups. Materials and methods: Fifty-five consecutive women with mild preeclampsia and fifty-five consecutive ...
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