Fiber-degrading enzymes

Moheno-Perez, J.A., Almeida-Domingues, H.D., and Sema-Saldivar, S.O. 1999. Effect of fiber degrading enzymes on wet milling and starch properties of different type of sorghums and maize. Starch/Stdrke 51, 16-20. 

Once antibodies to the anandamide-degrading enzyme, namely fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), became available, it was apparent that in many regions FAAH and CBl expression is reciprocal in nature (Egertova et al. 1998, 2003 Tsou et al. 1998b). For example, FAAH, but not CBi is highly expressed in the somata and proximal dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal cells and cerebellar Purkinje neurons. These neurons are, in turn, densely innervated by CBi-positive fibers. Thus, it has been proposed that anandamide, despite its possible presynaptic site... 

All wood-degrading fungi and bacteria need water for their life processes and as a medium for the distribution of their degrading enzymes. Wood with a moisture content below fiber saturation will not be degraded by microorganisms. Insects that feed on or nest in wood are, however, fully capable of more or less complete destruction of the structure of dry wood. 

Collagaiase I-III - The dense network of collagen fibers of the extracellular matrix is inpenetrable to most cells. Invasive cells, such as inflannatory cells and tumor cells produce matrix degrading enzymes in order to cross tissue boundaries. Destruction of the extracellular matrix during tumor invasion has been ctoserved histologically and ultra-structurally various types of tumor cells have been found to... 

Recently, several investigators have proposed the use of fiber-degrading and/or proteolytic enzymes on preground S02-steeped kernels in order to lower steeping times without sacrificing yields of prime starch (Eckhoff and Tso 1991, Johnston... 

The effect of microorganisms results in noticeable changes in chemical composition and physical stracture of cotton fibers. As found by electron microscopy, cotton fiber degradation by enzymes is most intensive in the zones of lower fibril stracmre density [24],... 

Enzyme degradation of leaf protein may occur during emshing and separation from the fiber. The amino acids produced by this enzyme action are soluble in the juice and may be lost unless all of the juice is recovered. 

Braun et al. (20) demonstrated a drop in FEV. This correlated with fine dust levels and with concentration of chymotryp-sln-llke enzymes. The main source of these enzymes is said to be fungi, probably Aspergillus species. Many fungi are found on cotton plants and are related to degradation of the cotton fiber(22). The fungi found include Aspergillus. Peniclllium. Mucor and others. 

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