The influence of urease activity on N distribution and losses after foliar urea application was investigated using wild-type and transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum cv Désirée) plants in which urease activity was down-regulated. A good correlation between urease activity and (15)N urea metabolism (NH(3) accumulation) was found. The general accumulation of ammonium in leaves treated with urea i...

An examination of in vivo polysome-bound activity indicates that soybean (Glycine max, cv. Prize) seed urease is synthesized on large polysomes (n >/= 15). In vitro urease synthesis is directed by a large RNA (3,000-3,300 nucleotides). Urease synthesis occurs throughout the normal protein biosynthetic phase of the developing seed. Surprisingly, the activity/antigen ratios of urease increase thr...

Infection with Helicobacter pyloriis the most common cause of stomach and duodenal ulcers. About more than 80 % of people are infected with H. pylori in developing countries. H. pyloriuses urease enzyme product “ammonia” in order to neutralize and protect itself from the stomach acidic condition and urease enzyme activity has been shown to be essential to the colonization of H. pylori. Inhibito...

BACKGROUND Urease B is an important virulence factor that is required for Helicobacter pylori to colonise the gastric mucosa. Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that inhibit urease B enzymatic activity will be useful as vaccines for the prevention and treatment of H. pylori infection. Here, we produced murine mAbs against urease B that neutralize the enzyme's activity. We mapped their epitopes ...

patients and methods: this study included 526 subjects. gallstones and bile samples of the patients were cultured. isolates were identified by different biochemical tests and examined for their β-glucuronidase activity, slime production and urease activity. biostatistical analyses were done to determine the relationship between the biliary bacterial factors and the types of gallstones. role of ...

The influence of urease activity on N distribution and losses after foliar urea application was investigated using wild-type and transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum cv Désirée) plants in which urease activity was down-regulated. A good correlation between urease activity and N urea metabolism (NH3 accumulation) was found. The general accumulation of ammonium in leaves treated with urea indicat...

The Corynebacterium glutamicum genes encoding urease were isolated and sequenced. While ureA, ureB and ureC are encoding structural subunits of urease, ureE, ureF, ureG and ureD are encoding accessory proteins. As deduced from DNA sequence analyses, the ure genes are transcriptionally coupled, this was proven by RT-PCR at least for ureABC. Gene disruption experiments revealed that both structur...

In this study, the enzyme activities and their relationships to domestic wastewater purification are investigated in four different types of subsurface-flow constructed wetlands (CWs), namely the traditional horizontal subsurface-flow, horizontal baffled subsurface-flow, vertical baffled subsurface-flow, and composite baffled subsurface-flow CWs. Results showed that the urease activity in the c...