SPINK6 inhibits human airway serine proteases and restricts influenza virus activation
EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2021 SPINK6 was identified in human skin as a cellular inhibitor of serine proteases of the KLK family. Airway serine proteases are required to cleave hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza A viruses (IAVs) to initiate an infection in the human airway.
Dong Wang +15 more
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Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of viper venom serine proteases [PDF]
, 2012 Snakebites are a major neglected tropical disease responsible for as many as 95000 deaths every year worldwide. Viper venom serine proteases disrupt haemostasis of prey and victims by affecting various stages of the blood coagulation system.
Gibbins, Jonathon M. +3 more
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BMC Genomics, 2008 Background Serine proteases are one of the most abundant groups of proteolytic enzymes found in all the kingdoms of life. While studies have established significant roles for many prokaryotic serine proteases in several physiological processes, such as ...
Tripathi Lokesh P, Sowdhamini R
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Airway proteolytic control of pneumococcal competence.
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that colonizes the upper respiratory tract asymptomatically and, upon invasion, can lead to severe diseases including otitis media, sinusitis, meningitis, bacteremia, and pneumonia.
Haley Echlin +3 more
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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 +47 more
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Cleavage of endogenous gamma ENaC and elevated abundance of alpha ENaC are associated with increased Na+ transport in response to apical fluid volume expansion in human H441 airway epithelial cells [PDF]
, 2011 Using human H441 airway epithelial cells cultured at air–liquid interface (ALI), we have uniquely correlated the functional response to apical fluid volume expansion with the abundance and cleavage of endogenous α- and γENaC proteins in the apical ...
Baines, DL, Selvanathar, IA, Tan, CD
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New insights into the evolution of subtilisin-like serine protease genes in Pezizomycotina
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background Subtilisin-like serine proteases play an important role in pathogenic fungi during the penetration and colonization of their hosts. In this study, we perform an evolutionary analysis of the subtilisin-like serine protease genes of subphylum ...
Zhang Ying +9 more
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eLife, 2021 Coronavirus entry is mediated by the spike protein that binds the receptor and mediates fusion after cleavage by host proteases. The proteases that mediate entry differ between cell lines, and it is currently unclear which proteases are relevant in vivo.
Anna Z Mykytyn +7 more
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A new subfamily of fungal subtilases: structural and functional analysis of a Pleurotus ostreatus member [PDF]
, 2005 Pleurotus ostreatus produces several extracellular proteases which are believed to be involved in the regulation of the ligninolytic activities of this fungus. Recently, purification and characterization of the most abundant P.
FARACO, VINCENZA +5 more
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Roles and regulation of membrane-associated serine proteases [PDF]
, 2007 Pericellular proteolytic activity affects many aspects of cellular behaviour, via mechanisms involving processing of the extracellular matrix, growth factors and receptors.
Bass, Rosemary +4 more
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