lyases, oxidoreductases and transferases, these extracellular enzymes control soil enzyme activity through efficient degradation of biopolymers. Plant...
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Extracellular phototropic digestion is a process in which saprobionts feed by secreting enzymes through the cell membrane onto the food. The enzymes catalyze...
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oxidative and proteolytic enzyme potentials due to microbial activity, and symbioses between plants and fungi, the fungal loop hypothesis suggests that...
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Neutrophil (section Neutrophil extracellular traps)
(in otherwise healthy individuals) and release the enzyme in extracellular space. Unregulated activity of neutrophil elastase can lead to disruption of...
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Secondary metabolite (redirect from Fungal secondary metabolite)
of HMG-CoA reductase, and a rate-limiting enzyme responsible for converting HMG-CoA to mevalonate. Fungal secondary metabolites can also be dangerous...
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Manganese peroxidase (category Heme enzymes)
peroxidase. It employs one cofactor, heme. This enzyme needs Ca2+ for activity. White rot fungi secrete this enzyme to aid lignin degradation. Manganese peroxidase...
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Trehalase (section Fungal trehalase)
reported that more than 90% of total AT activity in S. cerevisiae is extracellular and cleaves extracellular trehalose into glucose in the periplasmic...
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Protease (redirect from Proteolytic enzyme)
A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides...
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer-delimited particles that are naturally released from almost all types of cells but, unlike a cell, cannot...
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for fungal spore growth and dispersion. Throughout the lifecycle, unique challenges must be met by equally unique metabolic activities. The fungal pathogen...
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of bacteria and fungi on decomposing litter: differential extracellular enzyme activities". Ecology. 87 (10): 2559–2569. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2559:iobafo]2...
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Mycelium (category Fungal morphology and anatomy)
is that of branched, slender, entangled, anastomosing, hyaline threads. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are found in and on soil and many other substrates...
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Biofilm (section Extracellular matrix)
surfaces. Enzymes that degrade the biofilm extracellular matrix, such as dispersin B and deoxyribonuclease, may contribute to biofilm dispersal. Enzymes that...
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saprotrophic nutrition, saprotrophic bacteria release microbial extracellular enzymes (MEEs) into the environment to break down soil organic matter (SOM)...
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Sarocladium strictum (category Fungal plant pathogens and diseases)
is an extracellular elicitor protein produced by S. strictum that provides complete systemic protection against anthracnose, cause by the fungal species...
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because of enzyme inhibition or decrease because of enzyme induction. Naturally occurring compounds may also induce or inhibit P450 activity. For example...
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Exoenzyme (category Enzymes)
An exoenzyme, or extracellular enzyme, is an enzyme that is secreted by a cell and functions outside that cell. Exoenzymes are produced by both prokaryotic...
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which is an enzyme that degrades cAMP to 5'-AMP and inactivates protein kinase A. In the phosphatidylinositol signal pathway, the extracellular signal molecule...
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Antioxidant (section Enzyme systems)
enzymes are present in almost all aerobic cells and in extracellular fluids. Superoxide dismutase enzymes contain metal ion cofactors that, depending on the...
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Glossary of biology (redirect from Extracellular)
regulates its biological activity. In this manner, effector molecules act as ligands that can increase or decrease enzyme activity, gene expression, or cell...
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Staphylococcus aureus (section Enzymes)
(meaning it can produce the enzyme catalase). Catalase converts hydrogen peroxide (H 2O 2) to water and oxygen. Catalase-activity tests are sometimes used...
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Cellulase (category Enzymes)
of sub-units making up cellulosomes can also determine the rate of enzyme activity. Multidomain cellulases are widespread among many taxonomic groups...
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the enzyme is confined within an organelle called the lysosome. Other lipase enzymes, such as pancreatic lipases, are secreted into extracellular spaces...
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Signal transduction (section Extracellular receptors)
ligand/receptor interaction possess an enzymatic activity; examples include tyrosine kinase and phosphatases. Often such enzymes are covalently linked to the receptor...
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Cyanase (section Enzyme Activity)
transcriptionally and in its enzymatic activity. Transcription of cyanase is elevated with the presence of extracellular cyanate, a toxic ion, but also down...
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Aspergillus fumigatus (category Fungal pathogens of humans)
ergosterol—a critical element of fungal cell membranes. Mechanistically, these drugs act by inhibiting the fungal cytochrome p450 enzyme known as 14α-demethylase...
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from a colorimetric endpoint enzyme activity assay based on the degradation of a DNA/methyl green complex. Extracellular deoxribonucleases act as virulence...
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Penicillium digitatum (category Fungal citrus diseases)
0.99. Germination does not occur at a water activity of 0.87. In terms of chemicals that influence fungal growth, the minimum growth inhibitory concentration...
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Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (category Glycolysis enzymes)
Mycoplasma and Streptococcus and fungal GAPDH from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis are known to bind with the human extracellular matrix component and act in...
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Lysozyme (section Enzyme conformation changes)
and aspartate 52 (Asp52) have been found to be critical to the activity of this enzyme. Glu35 acts as a proton donor to the glycosidic bond, cleaving...
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