pacific/protease

The effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) on gel strength, microbial numbers, proteolytic activity, color and pH of Pacific whiting surimi gels were investigated. Strong gels without the use of protease inhibitors were formed with HHP treatments from 1-4 kBars. Gel strength was not affected by

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a disease characterized by irreversible destruction and fibrosis of the parenchyma, leading to pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. In developed countries, the etiology for 60% to 70% of CP amongst male patients is alcohol and 25% are classified as idiopathic chronic

The effect of salmon plasma (SP) from Chinook salmon on proteolytic inhibition was investigated. SP was found to inhibit both cysteine and serine proteases as well as protease extracted from Pacific whiting muscle. SP was found to contain a 55kDa cysteine protease inhibitor through SDS-PAGE

1. Venoms of Crotalus viridis oreganus show marked ontogenetic variation in protease activity. Adult venoms are approximately five-fold higher in protease (caseinolytic) activity. 2. Of seven potential protease inhibitors, only EDTA and 1,10-phenanthroline caused a significant decrease in protease

Occurrence and level of hydrolytic enzymatic activity (proteases, glycosidases, phosphatases, lipases, and esterases) were studied in oocytes, larvae, juveniles, and adult haemolymph of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Samples were obtained as oocyte lysate supernatant, larval homogenate

OBJECTIVES: Regimens containing protease inhibitors (PI) are less commonly used in developing countries due to high cost and less availability. We evaluated characteristics of patients initiating PI-based therapy according to previous antiretroviral (ARV) exposure; factors associated with initiating

Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) muscle was used to produce hydrolysates with 10%, 15% and 20% degree of hydrolysis (DH) using the commercial protease Alcalase(®) and were characterized at pH 4.0, 7.0 and 10 according their solubility, emulsifying and foaming properties. Protein recovered in

Brine injection of natural proteases, dried egg white (EW), and dried potato extract (PE), was investigated as a means to prevent softening during cooking of Pacific whiting fillets. Treatments included fillets injected with Water (W), 3% sodium chloride and 3% sodium tripolyphosphate brine (B), B

Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are widely known to its inhibitory role on proteases involved in the immune responses. Herein, a novel serine protease inhibitor (Lvserpin7), encoding for 411 amino acids with calculated molecular mass of 46.29 kDa and isoelectric point of 6.98 was characterized

The clade B serpins contain predominantly intracellular proteins and were reported to be involved in multiple biological functions, especially in inflammation and immune system function. However, studies about the role of the invertebrate intracellular serpins in immune responses were still

This paper reports the effect of boiling and frying on the retention of folate in commonly consumed Fijian vegetables (drumstick leaves, taro leaves, bele leaves, amaranth leaves, fern/ota, okra and French bean). The folate content was determined by microbiological assay (Lactobacillus casei

As important arthropod immune responses, prophenoloxidase (proPO) activation and Toll pathway initiation are mediated by serine proteinase cascades and regulated by serpins. Herein, a serine protease inhibitor (Lvserpin), encoding for 415 amino acids with calculated molecular weight of 46,639 Da and

Serpins have been characterized from varieties of organisms by their inhibitory roles on serine or cysteine proteases. However, research for the functional study of serpins in crustacean is relatively small. To fully clarify the immune characterizations of serpin, a novel serpin (named Lvserpin8)

Apoptosis is considered a crucial part of the host defense system in oysters according to previous reports; however, the exact process by which this occurs remains unclear. Besides, mitochondrial apoptosis is the primary method of apoptosis in vertebrate cells, but has been poorly studied in

Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan responsible for dramatic mortality in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, but not in the Pacific oyster, C. gigas. To understand the host-parasite relationship, we inoculated P. marinus trophozoites into the shell cavity of C. gigas and measured, over 2