Insights into substrate specificity of proteases for screening efficient dehairing enzymes.
Int J Biol Macromol
; 172: 360-370, 2021 Mar 01.
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ABSTRACT
Though numerous proteases have been isolated and screened for the dehairing purpose, their use in the leather industry is limited mainly due to high cost, the need for expertise, and control during unit operation and alterations in the quality of leather due to lack of the right kind of substrate specificity of the enzymes used. This paper deals with the comparative specificity and dehairing efficiency of proteases isolated from Bacillus cereus VITSP01 (PE2) and Brevibacterium luteolum VITSP02 (PE). PE2 and PE were found to be trypsin-like and elastase-like serine proteases respectively. The protease of VITSP02 degraded the proteoglycans efficiently in comparison to that of VITSP01. The results suggest that the possible targets of the studied proteases might be skin proteoglycans, including those cementing the hair root bulb. Hence, an in-depth study on the substrate specificity of the dehairing proteases would help in designing an improved screening method for isolating potent dehairing enzymes.
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Assunto principal:
Proteoglicanas
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Pele
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Proteínas de Bactérias
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Serina Proteases
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Cabelo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Animals
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En
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Int J Biol Macromol
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
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