Keratinolytic proteinase produced byCandida albicans
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Medical Mycology
- Vol. 22 (3) , 175-183
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00362178485380301
Abstract
Candida albicans was cultivated in various media that contained human stratum corneum, human scalp hair or keratin powder (cow's hoof) as a nitrogen source. Production of a keratinolytic proteinase (KPase) was observed when C. albicans was incubated in the medium containing stratum corneum. However, there was no production of a KPase that could digest human stratum corneum in the medium containing hair or keratin powder. α-fibrous protein extracted from human stratum corneum was digested by the KPase. The pH optimum of the enzyme was 4·0 and enzyme activity was inhibited by pepstatin A and chymostatin. The KPase, a kind of carboxyl proteinase, may be important for C. albicans to enable it to play a pathogenic role in vivo. Candida albicans wurde in verschiedenen Medien, die menschliches Stratum corneum, menschliches Kopfhaar oder Keratinstaub als N-Quelle enthielten, kultiviert. Die Produktion von keratinolytischen Proteinasen (KPase) wurde nur beobachtet, wenn C. albicans inkubiert wurde in Medien mit Stratum corneum. In Medien, die Haare oder Keratinstaub enthielten, wurde keine Produktion von KPase beobachtet. α-fibroses Protein extrahiert aus dem menschlichem Stratum corneum wurde durch die KPase verdaut. Das pH-Optimum des Enzyms war 4·0 und die Enzymaktivität wurde durch Pepstatin A und Chymostatin gehemmt. Die KPase, eine Art Carboxyl-Proteinase ist möglicherweise wichtig für die Pathogenität der C. albicans in vivo.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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