The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) consists of closely related species that
cause tuberculosis in both humans and animals. This illness, still today, remains to be one of …

Borrelia burgdorferi is the etiological agent of Lyme disease, a multisystemic, multistage,
inflammatory infection resulting in patients experiencing cardiac, neurological, and arthritic …

The HtrA proteases degrade damaged proteins and thus control the quality of proteins and
protect cells against the consequences of various stresses; they also recognize specific …

The study involves the isolation and characterization of a serine peptidase, named SP, from
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In addition to basic characterization, the protein was engineered …

Protein quality control is vital for all living cells and sophisticated molecular mechanisms
have evolved to prevent the excessive accumulation of unfolded proteins. High-temperature …

Infection with Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is one of the leading causes of stomach cancer. The
ability to treat Hp infection is hampered by a lack of stomach gastric acid environment. This …

Human HtrA1-4 proteins belong to the HtrA family of evolutionarily conserved serine
proteases and function as important modulators of many physiological processes, including …

Aims Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is the leading cause of vascular dementia.
Although the most of cases are sporadic, familial monogenic causes have been identified in …

In oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, D1 protein, a core subunit of photosystem II (PSII),
displays a rapid turnover in the light, in which D1 proteins are distinctively damaged and …

Campylobacter jejuni is a major food-borne zoonotic pathogen, responsible for a large
proportion of bacterial gastroenteritis cases, as well as Guillian-Barré and Miller-Fisher …