Agave Leaves as a Substrate for the Production of Cellulases by Penicillium sp. and the Obtainment of Reducing Sugars by Julio Silva-Mendoza, Alberto Gómez-Treviño, Ulrico López-Chuken, Edgar Allan Blanco-Gámez, Leonardo Chávez-Guerrero, María Elena Cantú-Cárdenas

“…The enzymes showed activities at elevated temperatures: 50°C for endoglucanase and exoglucanase and 70°C for β-glucosidase. …”
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Murine model evaluation of biochemical and tissue-damage induced by Bothrops asper (Nauyaca) snake venom by Dr. Carlos Gallardo-Casas Ángel Gallardo-Casas, María Teresa Valadez-Omaña, Emmanuel Correa Solís, María del Carmen Castillo-Hernández, Rocio Ortiz-Butron

“…Objective: To evaluate, in a mouse model, the effect of Bothrops asper venom snake on liver enzymes LDH, AST, and ALT, as well as to assess its effect on renal and hepatic histology. …”
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TCA Cycle Defects and Cancer: When Metabolism Tunes Redox State by Simone Cardaci, Maria Rosa Ciriolo

“…Inborn defects of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes have been known for more than twenty years. …”
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Lipase and Its Unique Selectivity: A Mini-Review by Jun-Young Park, Kyung-Min Park

“…Contrary to other solid catalysts, enzymes facilitate more sophisticated chemical reactions because most enzymes specifically interact with substrates and release selective products. …”
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Liver Infarction in a Patient with HELLP and Probable Anti-phospholipid Syndrome by Cihan Kaya, Hüseyin Cengiz, Murat Ekin, Ammar Kanawati, Levent Yaşar

“… The aim of this report is to make an awareness about hepatic infarction in those patients with progressively elevating liver enzymes and anti-phospholipid syndrome. A 29-year-old G2P2 woman who has undergone cesarian section (C-section) due to fetal distress was referred to our department with progressively elevating liver enzymes and lowering platelets. …”
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Distribution of dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) genes among bacteria based on the NCBI database by Mustafa Irfan, Suharjono, Ardyati Tri, Jatmiko Yoga Dwi

“…Certain bacteria have been reported to possess dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) enzymes, which show potential for degrading anthraquinones. …”
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Lipid Storage Myopathy in Behçet's Disease: A Rare Cause of Elevated Serum Creatine Kinases Levels by Sedat Yilmaz, Muhammet Cinar, Yıldırım Karslioglu, Ismail Simsek, Hakan Erdem, Salih Pay, Ayhan Dinc

“…The causes of elevated muscle enzymes in a patient with Behcet’s disease are many, including myositis, drug-induced myopathy, metabolic myopathy, and the disease itself. …”
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Health promoting activities and corresponding mechanism of (–)-epicatechin-3-gallate by Zhiliang Li, Changchun Feng, Hongjin Dong, Weibin Jin, Wenying Zhang, Jianfeng Zhan, Shuzhen Wang

“…Nontoxic ECG has various molecular targets within the cells, including CYP enzymes, phase II detoxification and antioxidant enzymes, as well as pro-inflammatory mediators. …”
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OXA β-lactamases from Acinetobacter spp. are membrane bound and secreted into outer membrane vesicles by Lucia Capodimonte, Fernando Teixeira Pinto Meireles, Guillermo Bahr, Robert A. Bonomo, Matteo Dal Peraro, Carolina López, Alejandro J. Vila

“…ABSTRACT β-lactamases from Gram-negative bacteria are generally regarded as soluble, periplasmic enzymes. NDMs have been exceptionally characterized as lipoproteins anchored to the outer membrane. …”
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Species-Related Differences in the Proteome of Rat and Human Pancreatic Beta Cells by G. A. Martens

“…Human beta cells differed from rat beta cells in their lower level of enzymes involved in glucose sensing (MDH1, PC, and ACLY) and upregulation of lysosomal enzymes. …”
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Recent Advances in Biotechnological Methods for Wheat Gluten Immunotoxicity Abolishment – a Review by Vijole Bradauskiene, Lina Vaiciulyte-Funk, Bakht Ramin Shah, Darius Cernauskas, Mihaela Adriana Tita

“…Some of the enzymes hydrolyze gluten, others block the action of toxic protein fragments. …”
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STUDIES ON CERTAIN GROWTH PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT PROBIOTIC STRAINS by DUMITRA RĂDUCANU, ANA-MARIA GEORGESCU

“… The researchers found that probiotics contain microorganisms belonging to genus: Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Aspergillus, Saccharomyces, Enterococcus, Pediococcus, enzymes (lactoperoxidase, gluconase, nonspecific enzymes) and rumen extracts. …”
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Yeast Methylotrophy: Metabolism, Gene Regulation and Peroxisome Homeostasis by Hiroya Yurimoto, Masahide Oku, Yasuyoshi Sakai

“…When these yeasts are grown on methanol as the sole carbon and energy source, the enzymes involved in methanol metabolism are strongly induced, and the membrane-bound organelles, peroxisomes, which contain key enzymes of methanol metabolism, proliferate massively. …”
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An Overview of the Intrinsic Role of Citrullination in Autoimmune Disorders by Mohammed Alghamdi, Doaa Alasmari, Amjad Assiri, Ehab Mattar, Abdullah A. Aljaddawi, Sana G. Alattas, Elrashdy M. Redwan

“…This process depends on catalytic enzymes such as peptidylarginine deiminase enzymes (PADs). …”
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Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico by Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Mayela M. Alsina-Guerrero

“…These analytes were grouped based on six physiologic processes: liver-associated enzymes and pigments; muscle-associated enzymes; kidney-associated compounds and products; sugars, lipids, and pancreatic-associated enzymes; proteins; and electrolytes. …”
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Association of Oxidative Stress Markers with Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Adult Sickle Cell Nephropathy by M. A. Emokpae, P. O. Uadia

“…Atherogenic index of plasma was negatively correlated with antioxidant enzymes and positively with MDA.…”
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Transcriptional regulation of suberin and its response to the environment by ZHOU Yue, AN Yongping, MA Rong, WANG Pei

“…[Reviews] The regulation of suberin involves various factors, including key enzymes such as β-ketoacyl-CoA synthase (KCS), fatty acyl reductase (FAR), cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP family), and transcription factors such as MYB, NAC, WRKY. …”
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Effects of Cu(Ⅱ) stress on embryonic development, oxidative stress response, cholinergic system and energy metabolism in the Sepiella maindroni by Qilong Huang, Jiawen Yu, Ruibing Peng, Maowang Jiang, Qingxi Han, Xiamin Jiang

“…At the same time, Cu(Ⅱ) exposure led to an increase in the content of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) and a significant decrease in the activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase [SOD], catalase [CAT]), energy-metabolizing enzymes (adenylate kinase [AK]), and cholinergic-related enzymes (acetylcholinesterase [AChE], choline acetyltransferase [ChAT]). …”
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Current Status on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Microbial Degradation of Nicotine by Raman Gurusamy, Sakthivel Natarajan

“…Microbes with specific enzymes and biochemical pathways are capable of degrading the tobacco alkaloids including highly toxic heterocyclic compound, nicotine. …”
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Illuminating the impact of N-terminal acetylation: from protein to physiology by Nina McTiernan, Ine Kjosås, Thomas Arnesen

“…Here, we review the eukaryotic N-terminal acetylation machinery: the enzymes involved and their substrate specificities. …”
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