vaccinium smallii/protease

Ultrasonic resonator technology (URT) was compared with the well established UV-Vis/ninhydrin assay to estimate protease activities in defined buffer systems. Hydrolysis of casein was measured using subtilisin, trypsin, halophilic protease from Haloferax mediterranei and Bacillus lentus alkaline

Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disorder of bacterial origin, which affects the tooth-supporting tissues. A wide range of evidences suggests that Porphyromonas gingivalis plays a key role in the initiation and progression of chronic periodontitis. This Gram-negative anaerobic

Candida glabrata (C. glabrata) cell wall proteins play a role in virulence and in initial host immune recognition and responses. We isolated and characterized C. glabrata cell wall proteases from a clinical hospital C. glabrata T-1638 blood isolate and estimate the enzymatic activities and their

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cranberry polyphenol fraction on biofilm formation and activities of Arg-gingipain and Lys-gingipain in Porphyromonas gingivalis. METHODS The polyphenol fraction was prepared by using a glass column packed with Amberlite XAD 7HP

The incidence of nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) is rising worldwide, especially in women and with increasing age. Kidney stones are associated with chronic kidney disease. Preventing recurrence is largely specific to the type of stone (e.g., calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, cystine, struvite

An increasing prevalence of HIV-1 non-B variants is being noticed in several European regions, particularly in countries such as Portugal, which have closer contacts with African endemic areas, where multiple HIV subtypes cocirculate. HIV-1 subtyping by phylogenetic analyses of reverse

Background and objective: Macrophages' cytokine expression and polarization play a substantial role in the host's "destructive" inflammatory response to periodontal and peri-implant pathogens. This study aimed to evaluate cell viability,

Gingipains are the major virulence factors of Porphyromonas gingivalis, the main periodontopathogen. It is expected that inhibition of gingipain activity in vivo could prevent or slow down the progression of adult periodontitis. To date, several classes of gingipain inhibitors have been recognized.

BACKGROUND Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola are three major aetiological agents of chronic periodontitis. The strong proteolytic activities of these bacteria are critical to their survival since their energy source is obtained from peptides and amino acids

Blueberry was enzymatically hydrolyzed using selected commercial food grade carbohydrases (AMG, Celluclast, Termamyl, Ultraflo and Viscozyme) and proteases (Alcalase, Flavourzyme, Kojizyme, Neutrase and Protamex) to obtain water soluble compounds, and their protective effect was investigated against

Proteases and especially collagenase injected into the lateral brain ventricles of rats are able to increase the permeability of the blood-brain barrier to trypan blue. Treatment of the rats with anthocyanosides of Vaccinium myrtillis diminishes the permeability increasing effect of collagenase and

In this work, we report an analysis of the draft genome of the blueberry (Vaccinium spp. var. Biloxi) growth-promoting endophyte Bacillus toyonensis, strain COPE52. The genome of COPE52 consists of a single 5,806,513 bp replicon, with a 35.1% G + C content. Strain COPE52 was strongly

The severe fibrinonecrotic pneumonia associated with pneumonic pasteurellosis usually results from colonization of the lower respiratory tract by Pasteurella haemolytica biotype A, serotype 1(A1). Despite recent research efforts, the authors lack a detailed understanding of the interactions and host