Abstract Cysteine peptidases (EC 3.4. 22) are the most abundant enzymes in latex fluids.
However, their physiological functions are still poorly understood, mainly related to defense …

The steady increase in world cheese demand keeps the search for appropriate coagulating
enzymes as rennet substitutes in the scientific focus. This work reports the milk-clotting …

The herbal medicines occupy distinct position right from ancient period. Many higher plants
accumulate extractable organic approaches substances in quantities sufficient to be …

Calotropis procera R. Br., a traditional medicinal plant in India, is a promising source of
commercial proteases, because the cysteine proteases from the plant exhibit high thermo …

This article reports the characterization and evaluation of the biotechnological potential of a
cysteine protease purified from Calotropis procera (CpCP3). This enzyme was highly stable …

Proteins that share similar primary sequences to the protein originally described in salt-
stressed tobacco cells have been named osmotins. So far, only two osmotin-like proteins …

Brown planthopper (BPH) is a damaging insect pest of rice. We used suppression
subtractive hybridization (SSH) and mirror orientation selection to identify differentially …

Thermostability and substrate specificity of proteases are major factors in their industrial
applications. rEla is a novel recombinant cysteine protease obtained from a thermophilic …

Abstract α-Amylase from germinated broad bean (Vicia faba) was purified 2050 fold to
electrophoretic homogeneity with a final specific activity of 369 U/mg. On SDS-PAGE the …

Cathepsin L of cancer cells has been shown to play an important role in degradation of
extracellular matrix for metastasis. In order to reduce cell invasion, cathepsin L propeptide …