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A basic serine protease from with biological activity against eggs Free

Abstract

Scanning electron micrographs of the nematode-egg-parasitic fungus infecting eggs of the root-knot nematode spp. suggested the involvement of lytic enzymes. When grown on a liquid mineral salts medium, supplemented with different substrates as the sole N-and C-source, the fungus produced an extracellular protease. Colloidal chitin, vitellin and intact eggs of the root-knot nematode induced proteolytic activity that was repressed by glucose. The protease was partially purified from the culture filtrate by affinity chromatography. It has a molecular mass of 33·5 kDa, a pH optimum of 10·3, a temperature optimum of 60°C and an isoelectric point above pH 10·2. The enzyme was completely inhibited by PMSF. The amino acid sequence, as derived from the nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone, had high homology with several subtilisin-like serine proteases. It was shown that the purified enzyme degrades vitellin. The protease quantitatively bound to nematode eggs, and eggs incubated with the purified protease eventually floated. Incubation of the purified protease with nematode eggs significantly influenced their development as demonstrated by time-lapse microscopy. Immature eggs were highly vulnerable to protease treatments, whereas those containing a juvenile were more resistant. In addition, hatched larvae were not visibly affected by the protease. It can be concluded that the serine protease might play a role in penetration of the fungus through the egg-shell of nematodes.

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A basic serine protease from Paecilomyces lilacinus with biological activity against Meloidogyne hapla eggs
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