Structural and biochemical properties of L‐asparaginase

J Lubkowski, A Wlodawer - The FEBS Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
l‐Asparaginase (a hydrolase converting l‐asparagine to l‐aspartic acid) was the first
enzyme to be used in clinical practice as an anticancer agent after its approval in 1978 as a …

L-asparaginase production review: bioprocess design and biochemical characteristics

D Castro, ASC Marques, MR Almeida… - Applied microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
In the past decades, the production of biopharmaceuticals has gained high interest due to its
great sensitivity, specificity, and lower risk of negative effects to patients. Biopharmaceuticals …

[HTML][HTML] Circumventing the side effects of L-asparaginase

MHG Fonseca, T da Silva Fiúza, SB de Morais… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
L-asparaginase is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of asparagine and successfully
used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. L-asparaginase toxicity is either …

Truncated human angiotensin converting enzyme 2; a potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and potent COVID-19 therapeutic agent

A Basit, T Ali, SU Rehman - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The current pandemic of Covid-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is continued to spread globally
and no potential drug or vaccine against it is available. Spike (S) glycoprotein is the …

Molecular analysis of L-asparaginases for clarification of the mechanism of action and optimization of pharmacological functions

MV Pokrovskaya, VS Pokrovsky, SS Aleksandrova… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
L-asparaginases (EC 3.5. 1.1) are a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of L-
asparagine to L-aspartic acid and ammonia. These proteins with different biochemical …

Designing short peptides to block the interaction of SARS-CoV-2 and human ACE2 for COVID-19 therapeutics

A Basit, AM Karim, M Asif, T Ali, JH Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To date, the current COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has infected 99.2 million
while killed 2.2 million people throughout the world and is still spreading widely. The …

Characterization of a novel and glutaminase-free type II L-asparaginase from Corynebacterium glutamicum and its acrylamide alleviation efficiency in potato chips

H Chi, B Xia, J Shen, X Zhu, Z Lu, F Lu, P Zhu - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Type II L-asparaginase as a pivotal enzyme agent has been applied to treating for acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and efficient mitigation of acrylamide formed in fried and …

Heterologous expression and molecular modelling of L-asparaginase from Bacillus subtilis ETMC-2

S Agrawal, UK Jana, N Kango - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacterial L-asparaginase is the key therapeutic enzyme in cancer therapy and is also
witnessing demand as a food processing aid. In this study, L-asparaginase of newly isolated …

Metabolism of asparagine in the physiological state and cancer

Q Yuan, L Yin, J He, Q Zeng, Y Liang, Y Shen… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Asparagine, an important amino acid in mammals, is produced in several organs and is
widely used for the production of other nutrients such as glucose, proteins, lipids, and …

Molecular Characterization of a Stable and Robust L-Asparaginase from Pseudomonas sp. PCH199: Evaluation of Cytotoxicity and Acrylamide Mitigation Potential

S Kumar, S Darnal, V Patial, V Kumar, D Singh - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
L-asparaginase is an important industrial enzyme widely used to treat acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) and to reduce acrylamide formation in food products. In the current study, a …