[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in fungal serine protease inhibitors

E Burchacka, P Pięta, A Łupicka-Słowik - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Four types of antifungal drugs are available that include inhibitors of ergosterol synthesis, of
fungal RNA biosynthesis, and of cell wall biosynthesis as well as physiochemical regulators …

Prolyl-specific peptidases for applications in food protein hydrolysis

N Mika, H Zorn, M Rühl - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2015 - Springer
Various food proteins including, eg gluten, collagen and casein are rich in l-proline residues.
Due to the cyclic structure of proline, these proteins are well protected from enzymatic …

Bioinformatic mapping of a more precise Aspergillus niger degradome

Z Dong, S Yang, BH Lee - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Aspergillus niger has the ability to produce a large variety of proteases, which are of
particular importance for protein digestion, intracellular protein turnover, cell signaling …

Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Alkaline-Tolerant Xaa-Pro Dipeptidase from Aspergillus phoenicis

Z Dong, S Yang, K Zhang, C Tang, Y Kan, L Yao - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Xaa-Pro dipeptidase (XPD, EC 3.4. 13.9; also known as prolidase) catalyzes the hydrolysis
of the iminopeptide bond in the trans-Xaa-Pro dipeptides (Xaa represents any amino acid …

Exported epoxide hydrolases modulate erythrocyte vasoactive lipids during Plasmodium falciparum infection

NJ Spillman, VK Dalmia, DE Goldberg - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Erythrocytes are reservoirs of important epoxide-containing lipid signaling molecules,
including epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). EETs function as vasodilators and anti …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into Virulence and Mechanisms of Amphotericin B Resistance in the Candida haemulonii Complex

Y Huang, Y Su, X Chen, M Xiao, Y Xu - Journal of Fungi, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Candida haemulonii complex includes emerging opportunistic human fungal pathogens
with documented multidrug-resistance profiles. It comprises Candida haemulonii sensu …

Specificity of peptidases secreted by filamentous fungi

YAA Hamin Neto, NG da Rosa Garzon, R Pedezzi… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Peptidases are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds, yielding proteins and peptides.
Enzymes in this class also perform several other functions, regulating the activation or …

Studies on fermentation optimization, stability and application of prolyl aminopeptidase from Bacillus subtilis

K Wang, Y Tian, N Zhou, D Liu, D Zhang - Process biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Prolyl aminopeptidases (PAPs) are exopeptidases that cleave proline residues at the N-
terminus of proteins or peptides and have wide applications in food and biomedical fields …

A mitochondrial prolyl aminopeptidase PAP2 releases N‐terminal proline and regulates proline homeostasis during stress response

AS Ghifari, PF Teixeira, B Kmiec, A Pružinská… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Significance Statement Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesised in the cytosol and
targeted into the organelle via N‐terminal targeting peptides that are cleaved upon import …

Optimized expression of prolyl aminopeptidase in Pichia pastoris and its characteristics after glycosylation

H Yang, Q Zhu, N Zhou, Y Tian - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Prolyl aminopeptidases are specific exopeptidases that catalyze the hydrolysis of the N-
terminus proline residue of peptides and proteins. In the present study, the prolyl …