Discovery of digestive enzymes in carnivorous plants with focus on proteases

R Ravee, FIM Salleh, HH Goh - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Background Carnivorous plants have been fascinating researchers with their unique
characters and bioinspired applications. These include medicinal trait of some carnivorous …

Nepenthes: State of the art of an inspiring plant for biotechnologists

S Miguel, A Hehn, F Bourgaud - Journal of biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Plant carnivory results from the adaptation of plants to their environment. The capture and
digestion of preys, followed by their assimilation by the plant is a source of additional …

Addressing proteolytic efficiency in enzymatic degradation therapy for celiac disease

M Rey, M Yang, L Lee, Y Zhang, JG Sheff… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Celiac disease is triggered by partially digested gluten proteins. Enzyme therapies that
complete protein digestion in vivo could support a gluten-free diet, but the barrier to …

Carnivorous Nutrition in Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes spp.) via an Unusual Complement of Endogenous Enzymes

L Lee, Y Zhang, B Ozar, CW Sensen… - Journal of proteome …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plants belonging to the genus Nepenthes are carnivorous, using specialized pitfall traps
called “pitchers” that attract, capture, and digest insects as a primary source of nutrients. We …

Aspartic protease nepenthesin-1 as a tool for digestion in hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry

A Kadek, H Mrazek, A Jönsson, RR Svejdal, N Bøgelund… - Analytical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
To improve the sample handling, and reduce cost and preparation time, of peptide map**
LC-MS workflows in protein analytical research, we here investigate the possibility of …

Atypical and nucellin-like aspartic proteases: emerging players in plant developmental processes and stress responses

A Soares, SM Ribeiro Carlton… - Journal of experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Members of the pepsin-like family (A1) of aspartic proteases (APs) are widely distributed in
plants. A large number of genes encoding putative A1 APs are found in different plant …