Studies on Proteolytic Activity of Mycoplasmas: Gelatinolytic Property

Studies on the proteolytic activity of Bacteroides fragilis.

The proteolytic activity of the intestinal bacterium Bacteroides fragilis NCDO 2217 was cell-bound during exponential growth, but was progressively released from the cells in stationary phase. Proteins hydrolysed included casein, trypsin, chymotrypsin, azocasein and the proteins in azosoya bean flour. Collagen, azocoll, elastin, gelatin, ovalbumin and bovine serum albumin were either weakly deg...

Carboxypeptidase activity in human mycoplasmas.

Mycoplasma salivarium produced citrulline, ammonia, and ATP from N-benzoylglycyl-L-arginine. The activity was inhibited by EDTA and was therefore concluded to be due to an arginine-specific carboxypeptidase. The activity was also found to exist in M. orale, M. buccale, M. faucium, and M. hominis.

Studies on T-strain mycoplasmas in nongonococcal urethritis.

The gelatinolytic activity of human skin fibroblast collagenase.

The gelatinolytic activity of human skin fibroblast collagenase was examined on denatured collagen types I-V. All denatured substrates were cleaved, including types IV and V, which are resistant to collagenase in native form. Interestingly, the earliest major cleavage in denatured collagen types I-III occurred at a 3/4-1/4 locus, resulting in products electrophoretically identical with TCA and ...

Digestive proteolytic activity of Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on various sugar beet cultivars

فعالیت پروتئولیتیک گوارشی بید چغندرقند، Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd)، روی ارقام مختلف چغندرقند(Rosire, Laetitia, Ardabili, Persia, Aras and Flores) تحت شرایط مزرعه‌ای بررسی شد. لاروهای سن سوم روی رقم Flores بیشترین فعالیت آنزیمی و لاروهای پرورش‌یافته روی رقم Aras کمترین فعالیت آنزیمی را داشتند. آنالیز زایموگرام نشان داد که کمترین تعداد آیزوزایم‌های پروتئاز در عصاره معده میانی لاروهایی بود که ...