Proteases are involved in a broad range of physiological processes, including host invasion
by fungal pathogens, and enzymatic inhibition is a key molecular mechanism controlling …

The pace of anti-diabetic drug discovery is very slow in spite of increasing rate of prevalence
of Type 2 Diabetes which remains a major public health concern. Though extensive …

The aims of the present study were to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with
rumen-protected taurine (RPT) on whole-body protein turnover, plasma metabolomics, and …

This edited book of proceedings is a collection of nineteen selected and peer-reviewed
contributions from the Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications (VCCA-2022) …

Soybean meal is a recurrent ingredient in shrimp feed formulations; although economically
convenient, the downside is the antinutritional molecules often present in its active forms …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated human fungal pathogen with a global
distribution that primarily infects immunocompromised individuals. The widespread use of …

Neutral aminopeptidases are enzymes distributed in all living organisms. By hydrolyzing
biologically active peptides in tissues and biological fluids, they are involved in the control of …

Ectopeptidases are particularly interesting due to their potential to regulate/dysregulate the
peptide mediated signaling cellular pathways because the active site located to the …

Proteolytic enzymes, also known as peptidases, are critical in all living organisms.
Peptidases control the cleavage, activation, turnover, and synthesis of proteins and regulate …

Subtilisin-like enzymes are recognized as key players in many infectious agents. In this
context, its inhibitors are very valuable molecular lead compounds for structure based drug …