Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is stored in atrial granules primarily as a larger molecular weight precursor (pro-ANP), which is believed to be rapidly converted to an active peptide of 28 amino acids during or shortly after secretion. A tissue kallikrein-like serine protease has been suggested as a potential processing enzyme. In the present immunocytochemical study, using specific monoclona...

hydatidosis is a zoonosis disease caused by the larva of echinococcus granulosus parasite in man and animals. the proteases enzymes are necessary for nutrition, migration and evasion of immunity of parasite into host. the aim of this study was to determine the protease activity of hydatid cyst protoscolices (psc), healthy and cystic liver tissues in order to compare of this biomarker for host a...

The structural and photoluminescence (PL) properties of thin films of poly(3-hexylthophene) (P3HT) with molecular weights (MWs) of 3000 and 13,300 have been investigated. Although high MW P3HT always self-organizes into one packing structure (form I), low MW P3HT forms two different packing structures (forms I and II) depending on the fabrication conditions. In this work, several fabrication te...

actinomycetes are an uncommon agent of human infections and its pathogenic factors are not known. the present study reports a rare case isolation of an actinomycete from a woman pleural fluid; the strain was identified by 16s rrna gene sequence analysis. this strain was tested to produce an extracellular protease that hydrolysis gelatin, casein and hemoglobin on agar mediums. the purification o...

   High strength and elastic biodegradable membranes are of great demand in modern technology. Similar membranes have been developed by irradiating different weight poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) – hydroxypropyl guar gum (HPG) blends and followed by combining with ex situ nanosilica. Polarized light microscopic (PLM) study indicates that electron beam irradiation produced crosslinks and develop...

The protease enzyme produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) with characteristics similar to rennin is called Rennin Like Protease (RLP). purpose of the study was obtain information on biochemical RLP Enterococcus faecium 1.15 as a basis for utilization enzyme. first stage observation growth curves and potential isolates produce RLP, characterization. (RLP) which has been purified using Sephadex ...

Previous kinetic studies have shown that protease nexin-2 is a potent, reversible, and competitive inhibitor of factor XIa. Here we show that high molecular weight heparin potentiates the ability of protease nexin-2 to inhibit factor XIa with a parabolic concentration dependence, predominantly because of an increase of the association rate constant with little perturbation of the dissociation r...

Partially purified human antihemophilic factor (AHF, factor VIII), when treated with high concentrations of salt, has been shown to dissociate into two components: one, of relatively low molecular weight, possesses procoagulant activity, and the other, of higher molecular weight, forms precipitates with heterologous antiserum against AHF and supports ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation. The...

Previous studies have indicated that the ATP-dependent 26S protease complex that degrades proteins conjugated to ubiquitin is formed by the assembly of three factors in an ATP-requiring process. We now identify one of the factors as the 20S "multicatalytic" protease, a complex of low molecular weight subunits widely distributed in eukaryotic cells. Comparison of the subunit compositions of puri...

We present the discovery of low molecular weight inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) protease subtype B that were identified by structure-based virtual screening as ligands of an allosteric surface cavity. For pocket identification and prioritization, we performed a molecular dynamics simulation and observed several flexible, partially transient surface cavities. For one of the...