Abstract Urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5. 1.5) is a nickel-containing enzyme produced
by plants, fungi, and bacteria that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and …

To meet the demands for food of the expanding world population, there is need of new ways
for protecting plant crops against predators and pathogens while avoiding the use of …

Plants evolve to synthesize various natural metabolites to protect themselves against
threats, such as insects, predators, microorganisms, and environmental conditions (such as …

Plants have evolved to synthesize a variety of noxious compounds to cope with unfavorable
circumstances, among which a large group of toxic proteins that play a critical role in plant …

Ureases are metalloenzymes that hydrolyze urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. They
were the first enzymes to be crystallized and, with them, the notion that enzymes are proteins …

Developing countries are under the clutch of malnutrition due to a lack of protein rich food.
Protein supply can be broadened by exploration and exploitation of alternative legume …

The broad distribution of ureases in leguminous seeds, as well as the accumulation pattern
of the protein during seed maturation, are suggestive of an important physiological role for …

Abstract The Brazilian Foundation of Medicinal Plants has developed a medicinal plant
database. Data were obtained from communications presented in Brazilian Scientific …

Proteins are diverse class of organic molecules that are structural and functional unit of the
cell. The most important role of proteins is the defense against foreign molecules and …

In this work we compared two plant ureases, jackbean urease (JBU) and embryo‐specific
soybean urease (SBU) and a bacterial (Bacillus pasteurii) urease, for kinetic parameters and …