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Keratinases are
proteolytic enzymes that
digest keratin. They were
initially classified as 'proteinases of
unknown mechanism' by the
Nomenculture Committee...
- the
ability to
perform keratin hydrolysis through the
production of
keratinases. Parte, A.C. "Kocuria". LPSN. Leboffe,
Michael J.;
Burton E. Pierce....
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ranging from mild to severe. Acid
proteinases (proteases), elastase,
keratinases, and
other proteinases reportedly act as
virulence factors. Additionally...
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indigestible by most organisms. However,
there are
fungi and
bacteria containing keratinase, and are able to
destruct keratin. Many
important cellular enzymes use...
- histolyti****-derived
collagenases used for skin regeneration, and Microsporum-derived
keratinases used for hair removal.
Because microbial laccases have a
broad substrate...
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where it
invades keratin.
Dermatophytes are
unique in that they
produce keratinase,
which enables them to use
keratin as a
nutrient source.
Infected hairs...
- 93–108. ISBN 978-0-8493-9434-8.
Gupta R.;
Rammani P. (2006). "Microbial
keratinases and
their prospective applications: An overview".
Applied Microbiology...
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lives off the
substance of the beak,
which it
dissolves by
means of a
keratinase. They live
primarily in the cere and at the base of the beak of the infected...
- from U. botrytis.
Ulocladium botrytis also
synthesizes extracellular keratinases and can grow in the
presence of keratin. Moreover, this
fungus can produce...
- (exhibiting a
proclivity to grow on shed keratin) and
accordingly produces keratinases.
Sodium chloride is
stimulatory to its
growth on Czapek's
medium (a growth...
