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Functional proteomic profiling reveals KLK13 and TMPRSS11D as active proteases in the lower female reproductive tract [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2018
Background: Cervical-vaginal fluid (CVF) hydrates the mucosa of the lower female reproductive tract and is known to contain numerous proteases. The low pH of CVF (4.5 or below in healthy women of reproductive age) is a uniquely human attribute and poses ...
Carla M.J. Muytjens, Yijing Yu, Eleftherios P. Diamandis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mitochondrial protein import [PDF]

, 1988
Transport of nuclear-encoded precursor proteins into mitochondria includes proteolytic cleavage of aminoterminal targeting sequences in the mitochondrial matrix. We have isolated the processing activity from Neurospora crassa.
Hartl, Franz-Ulrich, Hawlitschek, Gerhard, Neupert, Walter, Schmidt, Bernd, Schneider, Helmut, Tropschug, Maximilian   +5 more
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Status and future directions of anti-metastatic cancer nanomedicines for the inhibition of cathepsin L [PDF]

, 2020
Angiogenesis, tissue invasion and metastasis in the tumour microenvironment are all critical hallmarks of cancer. Upregulation of cathepsin L plays an important role in angiogenesis and metastasis through its ability to degrade the extracellular matrix ...
Pranjol, Md Zahidul I, Tabish, Tanveer A, Whatmore, Jacqueline L, Zhang, Shaowei   +3 more
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Biological and Proteolytic Variation in the Venom of Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus from Mexico

Toxins, 2018
Rattlesnake venoms may be classified according to the presence/absence and relative abundance of the neurotoxic phospholipases A 2 s (PLA 2 s), such as Mojave toxin, and snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs).
Miguel Borja, Edgar Neri-Castro, Gamaliel Castañeda-Gaytán, Jason L. Strickland, Christopher L. Parkinson, Juan Castañeda-Gaytán, Roberto Ponce-López, Bruno Lomonte, Alejandro Olvera-Rodríguez, Alejandro Alagón, Rebeca Pérez-Morales   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pericellular activation of hepatocyte growth factor by the transmembrane serine proteases matriptase and hepsin, but not by the membrane-associated protease uPA [PDF]

, 2009
HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) is a pleiotropic cytokine homologous to the serine protease zymogen plasminogen that requires canonical proteolytic cleavage to gain functional activity.
Andrew M. Schumacher, Birchmeier, Bugge, Chirgadze, Collen, Deyi Qiu, Ellis, Ellis, Gherardi, Harris, Herter, Høyer-Hansen, Itoh, Jennifer L. Harris, Juliano Alves, Jun Li, Kate A. Owen, Ke, Kemp, Kilpatrick, Kirchhofer, Kirchhofer, Lamszus, Lee, Lynette M. Kilpatrick, Mangel, Marcotte, Mars, Mars, Matsuoka, Miyazawa, Mizuno, Mohammed, Naldini, Naldini, Qiu, Rahman, Riddick, Schmidt, Shanmukhappa, Shimizu, Shimomura, Steinmetzer, Stephens, Takeuchi, Uehara, Vincent Ellis, You   +47 more
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Conserved structural motifs in PAS, LOV, and CRY proteins regulate circadian rhythms and are therapeutic targets

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cryptochrome and PAS/LOV proteins play intricate roles in circadian clocks where they act as both sensors and mediators of protein–protein interactions. Their ubiquitous presence in signaling networks has positioned them as targets for small‐molecule therapeutics. This review provides a structural introduction to these protein families.
Eric D. Brinckman, Anna E. Lester, Brian D. Zoltowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probiotic Properties, Safety Assessment, and Aroma-Generating Attributes of Some Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Iranian Traditional Cheese

Fermentation, 2023
Artisanal cheeses are known as the source of beneficial lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Therefore, this study aimed to isolate and characterize LAB with different proteolytic activities from Iranian artisanal white cheeses.
Zahra Zareie, Ali Moayedi, Farhad Garavand, Kourosh Tabar-Heydar, Morteza Khomeiri, Yahya Maghsoudlou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute- and late-phase matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 activity is comparable in female and male rats after peripheral nerve injury. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND:In the peripheral nerve, pro-inflammatory matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 performs essential functions in the acute response to injury. Whether MMP-9 activity contributes to late-phase injury or whether MMP-9 expression or activity after ...
Angert, Mila, Chernov, Andrei V, Dolkas, Jennifer, Hullugundi, Swathi K, Remacle, Albert G, Shubayev, Veronica I, Strongin, Alex Y   +6 more
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A procedure for the determination of proteolytic activity [PDF]

, 1950
The difficulties introduced by the desire to maintain a constant pH during an enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of peptide-like substrates and at the same time to determine the extent of hydrolysis by an acid-base titration have been pointed out (1), but to ...
Iselin, Beat M., Niemann, Carl
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