[HTML][HTML] Ureases: Historical aspects, catalytic, and non-catalytic properties–A review

K Kappaun, AR Piovesan, CR Carlini… - Journal of advanced …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Ureases I. Functional, catalytic and kinetic properties: A review

B Krajewska - Journal of molecular catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2009 - Elsevier
Ureases (urea amidohydrolases, EC 3.5. 1.5) are a group of highly proficient enzymes,
widely distributed in nature, whose catalytic function is to catalyze the hydrolysis of urea, its …

Urea metabolism in plants

CP Witte - Plant Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Urea is a plant metabolite derived either from root uptake or from catabolism of arginine by
arginase. In agriculture, urea is intensively used as a nitrogen fertilizer. Urea nitrogen enters …

Nonredox nickel enzymes

MJ Maroney, S Ciurli - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The importance of nickel enzymes, where nickel serves as an essential cofactor, in Archaea,
bacteria, plants, and primitive eukaryotes, is well documented. 1 Despite the fact that no …

Crystal structure of the first plant urease from jack bean: 83 years of journey from its first crystal to molecular structure

A Balasubramanian, K Ponnuraj - Journal of molecular biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Urease, a nickel-dependent metalloenzyme, is synthesized by plants, some bacteria, and
fungi. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. Although the …

Enzyme induced calcium carbonate precipitation and its engineering application: A systematic review and meta-analysis

I Ahenkorah, MM Rahman, MR Karim… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) and enzyme induced calcium
carbonate precipitation (EICP) are the two most widely known bio-cementation techniques …

Ureases as multifunctional toxic proteins: A review

CR Carlini, R Ligabue-Braun - Toxicon, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Ureases as a target for the treatment of gastric and urinary infections

C Follmer - Journal of clinical pathology, 2010 - jcp.bmj.com
Urease is known to be a major contributor to pathologies induced by Helicobacter pylori and
Proteus species. In H pylori, urease allows the bacteria to survive in an acidic gastric …

Insights into the role and structure of plant ureases

C Follmer - Phytochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Optimization of one-phase-low-pH enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation method for soil improvement

MJ Cui, J Chu, HJ Lai - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
There are two major challenges for the use of enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation
(EICP)-based soil improvement method: cost and treatment effect. Optimizing the …