Proteases represent one of the three largest groups of industrial enzymes and account for
about 60% of the total global enzymes sale. According to the Nomenclature Committee of …

The growing preference for incorporating microbial aspartic proteases in industries is due to
their high catalytic function and high degree of substrate selectivity. These properties …

Secreted and membrane tethered matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key homeostatic
proteases regulating the extracellular signaling and structural matrix environment of cells …

Members of the spotted fever group rickettsia express four large, surface-exposed
autotransporters, at least one of which is a known virulence determinant. Autotransporter …

Akkermansia muciniphila can produce various mucin-degrading proteins. However, the
functional characteristics of these proteins and their role in mucin degradation are unclear …

One peptidase can usually be distinguished from another biochemically by its action on
proteins, peptides and synthetic substrates. Since 1996, the MEROPS database …

The order Rickettsiales includes species that cause a range of human diseases such as
human granulocytic anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), human monocytic …

Members of the pepsin-like family (A1) of aspartic proteases (APs) are widely distributed in
plants. A large number of genes encoding putative A1 APs are found in different plant …

The label-free quantitative mass spectrometry methods, in particular, the SWATH-MS
approach, have gained popularity and became a powerful technique for comparison of large …

The molecular details underlying differences in pathogenicity between Rickettsia species
remain to be fully understood. Evidence points to macrophage permissiveness as a key …