Nematicidal enzymes from microorganisms and their applications

Characterization and functional analyses of the chitinase-encoding genes in the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora

(2013) Jinkui Yang et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Nematicidal activity of three novel extracellular proteases of the nematophagous fungus Monacrosporium sinense

(2013) Filippe E. F. Soares et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Bacillus thuringiensis Metalloproteinase Bmp1 Functions as a Nematicidal Virulence Factor

(2012) Xiaoxia Luo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An extracellular serine protease of an isolate ofDuddingtonia flagransnematophagous fungus

(2012) Fabio R. Braga et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Insight Derived from Molecular Dynamics Simulation into Substrate-Induced Changes in Protein Motions of Proteinase K

(2012) Yan Tao et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS

Overexpression of the Key Virulence Proteases Bace16 and Bae16 in Bacillus nematocida B16 to Improve Its Nematocidal Activity

(2012) Qiuhong Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

In vitro activity of a serine protease from Monacrosporium thaumasium fungus against first-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum

(2012) Filippe E. F. Soares et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Fungal chitinases: diversity, mechanistic properties and biotechnological potential

(2011) Lukas Hartl et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparison of homology models and crystal structures of cuticle-degrading proteases from nematophagous fungi: structural basis of nematicidal activity

(2011) Lianming Liang et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora Provide Insights into Nematode-Trap Formation

(2011) Jinkui Yang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Overexpression of a cuticle-degrading protease Ver112 increases the nematicidal activity of Paecilomyces lilacinus

(2010) Jinkui Yang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enhancing the virulence of Paecilomyces lilacinus against Meloidogyne incognita eggs by overexpression of a serine protease

(2010) Jieping Wang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

New insights into the evolution of subtilisin-like serine protease genes in Pezizomycotina

(2010) Juan Li et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Regulation of subtilisin-like protease prC expression by nematode cuticle in the nematophagous fungus Clonostachys rosea

(2010) Cheng-Gang Zou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

PacC in the nematophagous fungus Clonostachys rosea controls virulence to nematodes

(2010) Cheng-Gang Zou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of serine proteases in egg-parasitic nematophagous fungi during barley root colonization

(2010) Luis V. Lopez-Llorca et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Increased virulence using engineered protease-chitin binding domain hybrid expressed in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

(2010) Yanhua Fan et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Crystal structure and mutagenesis analysis of chitinase CrChi1 from the nematophagous fungus Clonostachys rosea in complex with the inhibitor caffeine

(2010) J. Yang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Expression of a Serine Protease Gene prC Is Up-Regulated by Oxidative Stress in the Fungus Clonostachys rosea: Implications for Fungal Survival

(2010) Cheng-Gang Zou et al.   PLoS One

A Trojan horse mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis against nematodes

(2010) Q. Niu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cloning and overexpression of Pochonia chlamydosporia chitinase gene pcchi44, a potential virulence factor in infection against nematodes

(2010) Qili Mi et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

The X-ray structure of a chitinase from the pathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitis

(2010) Thomas Hollis et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Subtilases: The superfamily of subtilisin-like serine proteases

(2010) Roland J. Siezen et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Preliminary crystallographic study of two cuticle-degrading proteases from the nematophagous fungiLecanicillium psalliotaeandPaecilomyces lilacinus

(2009) Fengping Ye et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a chitinase fromClonostachys rosea

(2009) Zhongwei Gan et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests

(2009) Raymond J. St. Leger et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2009) Lianming Liang et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Characterization and gene cloning of a novel serine protease with nematicidal activity fromTrichoderma pseudokoningii SMF2

(2009) Lei-Lei Chen et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana

(2009) Weiguo Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Purification, characterization, and gene cloning of an alkaline serine protease from a highly virulent strain of the nematode-endoparasitic fungus Hirsutella rhossiliensis

(2009) Bin Wang et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Defense-related gene expression and enzyme activities in transgenic cotton plants expressing an endochitinase gene from Trichoderma virens in response to interaction with Rhizoctonia solani

(2009) Vinod Kumar et al.   PLANTA

Purification and characterization of chitinases from Paecilomyces variotii DG-3 parasitizing on Meloidogyne incognita eggs

(2008) Van-Nam Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fungal chitinases and their biological role in the antagonism onto nematode eggs. A review

(2008) Maria Cecilia Gortari et al.   MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

(2008) Pierre Abad et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cloning, expression, and characterization of two novel cuticle-degrading serine proteases from the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps sinensis

(2008) Yongjie Zhang et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Chitinases of filamentous fungi: a large group of diverse proteins with multiple physiological functions

(2008) Verena Seidl   Fungal Biology Reviews