The crystal structures of two cuticle-degrading proteases from nematophagous fungi and their contribution to infection against nematodes

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1391-1400

  Liang, Lianming ^a   Meng, Zhaohui ^a,b   Ye, Fengping ^a   Yang, Jinkui ^a   Liu, Shuqun ^a   Sun, Yuna ^c   Guo, Yu ^c   Mi, Qili ^a   Huang, Xiaowei ^a   Zou, Chenggang ^a   Rao, Zihe ^c   Lou, Zhiyong ^c   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nematocidal virulence; PL646; Serine protease; Ver112

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL ENZYME; PL646 PROTEASE; PROTEINASE K; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VER112 PROTEASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUTICLE; EGG SHELL; ENGYODONTIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGAL STRAIN; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LECANICILLIUM; MYCOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HELMINTH; HYPOCREALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; TRITIRACHIUM ALBUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HELMINTHS; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAECILOMYCES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77952299995     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-136408     Document Type: Article

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