The interaction of Fe2O3, Fe3O4 and SiO2 nanoparticles with proteinase K activity was investigated using UV–vis spectroscopy. Proteinase K EC (3.4.21.14) is a member of serine protease family, which is produced from fungus Tritirachum album Limber.The effects of nanoparticles on proteinase...

The halophilic proteinase showed a maximal activity at 50°C and pH 9~10, in 20% NaCl and was highly stabilized by NaCl. It was able to hydrolyse natural actomyosin (NAM), collagen and anchovy protein. For NAM hydrolysis, the myosin heavy chain was completely digested by halophilic proteinase as evidenced by the lowest band intensity remaining, but partially hydrolysed actin. The SR5-3 proteinas...

alpha1-Proteinase inhibitor is a serpin and can inhibit most serine proteinases. The cornea is one of several extrahepatic tissues that synthesizes this inhibitor. In the presence of retinol, corneal alpha1-proteinase inhibitor levels were increased 3.8-fold. The maximal response was achieved 2 h after the addition of retinol (1 microM final concentration) to the culture medium. A similar incre...

Infection by a baculovirus (Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus, BmNPV) in silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae is highly efficient as an expression system for the production of useful proteins. However, the amount of the protein of interest expressed tends to decrease in the later stages of infection presumably due, in part, to a proteinase produced in the larval haemolymph. The N-terminal amino a...

Potential resistance development to Bt cotton in certain lepidopterans has prompted research to develop strategies that will preserve this environmental-friendly biotechnology. Proteinase inhibitors are potential candidates for enhancing Bt toxicity against lepidopteran pests and for expanding the spectrum of control for other insects. Interactions of Bt toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis and pr...

The monocyte and granulocyte azurophilic granule proteinases elastase, proteinase 3, and cathepsin G are implicated in acute and chronic diseases thought to result from an imbalance between the secreted proteinase(s) and circulating serpins such as a1-proteinase inhibitor and a1-antichymotrypsin. We show here that the intracellular serpin, proteinase inhibitor 6 (PI-6), is present in monocytes,...

Streptococcal proteinase was shown to belong to a group of enzymes such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, and subtilisin that exhibit a high ratio of esterase to peptidase activity. In this respect, streptococcal proteinase is different from other sulfhydryl enzymes, such as papain and ficin, and also different from pepsin. These enzymes hydrolyze a specific ester and amide substrate at comparable rate...

Ca(2+)-activated neutral proteinase was purified from rabbit skeletal muscle by a method involving DEAE-Sephacel chromatography, affinity chromatography on organomercurial-Sepharose and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 and Sephadex G-150. The SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate)/polyacrylamide-gel-electrophoresis data show that the purified enzyme contains only one polypeptide chain of mol.wt. 73000....

background and objectives: dermatophytes possess a wide array of virulence factors and various antifungal susceptibility patterns which influence their pathogenesis in humans and animals. the aim of this study was to evaluate antifungal suscep- tibility and keratinase and proteinase activity of 49 dermatophyte strains from the genera microsporum , trichophyton and epidermophyton which were isol...

Background: The C-terminus of pVI activates the adenovirus proteinase. pVI escorts hexon into the nucleus. Results: pVI binds tightly to DNA independent of sequence, Kd = 46 nM. pVI binds tightly to hexon, Kd = 1.1 nM. Conclusion: DNA binding of pVI is first step in the activation of adenovirus proteinase. Significance: Links pVI, hexon, viral DNA and the adenovirus proteinase in virion maturat...