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Structure, Application, and Biochemistry of Microbial Keratinases [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Keratinases belong to a class of proteases that are able to degrade keratins into amino acids. Microbial keratinases play important roles in turning keratin-containing wastes into value-added products by participating in the degradation of keratin ...
Qingxin Li
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Keratinase and its diverse applications. [PDF]

3 Biotech
Keratinase is a proteolytic enzyme specialized in the degradation of keratin-rich materials and has garnered significant attention for its potential in various biotechnological applications. This review provides an overview of keratinase, focusing on its structure, classification, function, biochemical properties, mechanisms of action and diverse ...
Thadiyan V, Sharma V, Gupta R.
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Design of 5′-UTR to Enhance Keratinase Activity in Bacillus subtilis

Fermentation, 2022
Keratinase is an important industrial enzyme, but its application performance is limited by its low activity. A rational design of 5′-UTRs that increases translation efficiency is an important approach to enhance protein expression.
Jun Fang, Guanyu Zhou, Xiaomei Ji, Guoqiang Zhang, Zheng Peng, Juan Zhang   +5 more
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Isolation and identification of a feather degrading Bacillus tropicus strain Gxun-17 from marine environment and its enzyme characteristics

BMC Biotechnology, 2022
Background Feathers are the most abundant agricultural waste produced by poultry farms. The accumulation of a large number of feathers not only seriously pollutes the environment but also causes the waste of protein resources.
Naikun Shen, Mengying Yang, Chenjie Xie, Jiangxin Pan, Kunrong Pang, Hongyan Zhang, Yibing Wang, Mingguo Jiang   +7 more
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Production of Bacterial Keratinase from Keratinous Waste

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development, 2020
This study was conducted with the aim of isolation of efficient keratinase producing bacteria from the soils of chicken feather and human hair-dumping places, determining optimum keratinase production conditions and partially characterizing the stability
Yimeslal Atnafu Sema, Ameha Kebede Ayele, Misrak Kebede Gurara   +2 more
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Directed evolution driving the generation of an efficient keratinase variant to facilitate the feather degradation

Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2022
Keratinases can specifically degrade keratins, which widely exist in hair, horns, claws and human skin. There is a great interest in developing keratinase to manage keratin waste generated by the poultry industry and reusing keratin products in ...
Jing Zhang, Chang Su, Xiao-Li Kong, Jin-Song Gong, Yan-Lin Liu, Heng Li, Jiufu Qin, Zheng-Hong Xu, Jin-Song Shi   +8 more
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Enhanced fusidic acid transdermal delivery achieved by newly isolated and optimized Bacillus cereus Keratinase

Biotechnology Reports, 2021
The expanding interest in bioremediation of poorly degradable wastes has led to the discovery of many microbial enzymes capable of degrading recalcitrant substances such as keratinaceous wastes that are produced in vast quantities on daily basis.
Mohab M. Shalaby, Reham Samir, Fatma Al-Zahraa M. Goma, Mohammed A. Rammadan   +3 more
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Amobilisasi Sel Bacillus licheniformis KA-08 dalam Menghasilkan Keratinase Termostabil

Journal of Biological Researches, 2012
Isolate local Bacillus licheniformis KA-08 known extracellular thermostable keratinase producers. Scale up of thermostable keratinase production can be with cells immobilized. The objective of the research is to thermostable keratinase production of B.
Anthoni Agustien
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Production of surfactant-stable keratinase from Bacillus cereus YQ15 and its application as detergent additive

BMC Biotechnology, 2022
Background With the growing concern for the environment, there are trends that bio-utilization of keratinous waste by keratinases could ease the heavy burden of keratinous waste from the poultry processing and leather industry.
Rong-Xian Zhang, Zhong-Wei Wu, Hai-Yang Cui, Ying-Nan Chai, Cheng-Wei Hua, Peng Wang, Lan Li, Tian-You Yang   +7 more
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Expression Optimization, Purification, and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Assessment of Creatinase Enzyme in the Presence of Gold Nanoparticles

طب انتظامی, 2022
Introduction ... [1]. Nowadays, the use of laboratory methods and kits based on enzymatic reactions to monitor the health of individuals, especially in the field of military forces, has become widespread.
Mehdi Abdollahzadeh Parsa, Saman Hosseinkhani, Shirin Jalili, Fereshteh Rahmati   +3 more
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