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subtilisin

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sub·til·i·sin  (sb-tlsn)
n.
An extracellular enzyme produced by certain strains of a soil bacterium (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) that catalyzes the breakdown of proteins into polypeptides and resembles trypsin in its action.

[New Latin (Bacillus) subtlis, bacteria species; see subtilin + -in.]


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The profibrinolytic enzyme subtilisin NAT purified from Bacillus subtilis cleaves and inactivates plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1.
Native microtubules that possess tubulin tails cannot be decorated by ADP (adenosine diphosphate)--kinesin molecules because of the weak ADP-kinesin/tubulin tail binding, while subtilisin treated microtubules that lack tubulin tails bind stably ADP--kinesin, thus blocking the kinesin walk.
ABSTRACT The modulation of Perkinsus marinus proliferation and subtilisin gene transcription by host (oyster) tissue was examined.
 
 
 
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