743 results about "Proteolytic enzymes" patented technology

An improved demineralized bone matrix (DBM) or other matrix composition is provided that has been mixed with a stabilizing agent that acts as (1) a diffusion barrier, (2) a enzyme inhibitor, (3) a competitive substrate, or (4) a masking moiety. A diffusion barrier acts as a barrier so as to protect the osteoinductive factors found in DBM from being degraded by proteolytic and glycolytic enzymes at the implantation site. Stabilizing agents may be any biodegradable material such as starches, modified starches, cellulose, dextran, polymers, proteins, and collagen. As the stabilizing agents degrades or dissolves in vivo, the osteoinductive factors such as TGF-β, BMP, and IGF are activated or exposed, and the activated factors work to recruit cells from the preivascular space to the site of injury and to cause differentiation into bone-forming cells. The invention also provides methods of preparing, testing, and using the inventive improved osteodinductive matrix compositions.

A class of novel agents that are able to modify nociceptive afferent function is provided. The agents may inhibit the release of neurotransmitters from discrete populations of neurones and thereby reduce or preferably prevent the transmission of afferent pain signals from peripheral to central pain fibers. They comprise a galactose-binding lectin linked to a derivative of a clostridial neurotoxin. The derivative of the clostridial neurotoxin comprises the L-chain, or a fragment thereof, which includes the active proteolytic enzyme domain of the light (L) chain, linked to a molecule or domain with membrane translocating activity. The agents may be used in or as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pain, particularly chronic pain.

A transdermal device is described suitable for delivery of a pharmaceutical to the systemic circulation through de-epithelialized skin. In its various embodiments the device includes means to prevent the attack of any protein or polypeptide active agent included therein by proteolytic enzymes which exude from the lesion, means to prevent the ingress of bacteria and other cellular debris from the lesion and means to ensure that substantially all said active agent is directed to the de-epithelialized lesion.

The present invention relates to the identification and use of polypeptides that bind to antibodies directed to a desired polypeptide of interest. Using natriuretic peptides and their precursors, and in particular BNP, as an example, the present invention describes a number of natriuretic peptides fragments produced in biological samples, most preferably blood-derived samples, that bind to antibodies directed to BNP. Because production of such fragments is an ongoing process that may be a function of, inter alia, the elapsed time between onset of an event triggering natriuretic peptide release into the tissues and the time the sample is obtained or analyzed; the elapsed time between sample acquisition and the time the sample is analyzed; the type of tissue sample at issue; the storage conditions; the quantity of proteolytic enzymes present; etc., such fragments may be used when both designing an assay for one or more natriuretic peptides, and when performing such an assay, in order to provide an accurate prognostic or diagnostic result.

Skin irritation, such as diaper rash, appearing when the skin is allowed to remain in contact with proteolytic enzymes found in feces is prevented by inactivating the fecal proteolytic enzymes by contact with organophilic clays. The organophilic clays are applied to the skin in areas likely to come into contact with feces or to garments such as diapers. A composition suitable for practicing the method of the invention comprises an amount of an organophilic clay effective to inactivate irritating fecal proteolytic enzymes dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic dermatological vehicle. A fabric incorporating organophilic clay, preferably dispersed in a matrix of a superabsorbent polymer is useful for preparing diapers for infants that can help to prevent skin irritation by fecal enzymes.

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method for performing electrospray of biomolecules, particularly peptides, polypeptides, and proteins. The apparatus comprises at least (1) a microfluidic substrate for containing an electrospray microchannel for delivering analyte molecules to a side edge of the substrate, and (2) a porous membrane attached to the side edge for performing electrospray from the exposed membrane surface. In one preferred embodiment, the exposed membrane surface is positioned above a target surface for depositing analyte molecules onto the target surface by electrospray. In another preferred embodiment, a proteolytic enzyme is bound to the porous membrane for performing protein digestion during electrospray.

This invention relates to the use of a group of aryl ureas in treating cytokine mediated diseases and proteolytic enzyme mediated diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.

This invention relates to the use of a group of aryl ureas in treating cytokine mediated diseases other than cancer and proteolytic enzyme mediated diseases other than cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.

The present invention is directed to a container for housing and dispensing dentifrice compositions and that includes a first chamber containing therein a first dentifrice composition that includes a non-abrasive whitening agent and at least one thickener, a second chamber containing therein a second dentifrice composition that includes an abrasive polishing material, at least one thickener, a proteolytic enzyme and a rheology modifier that is not susceptible to enzymatic degradation, where the first and second dentifrice compositions are isolated one from the other until the substantially simultaneous co-extrusion from the container, and to whitening compositions containing the co-extruded first and second dentifrice compositions.

This invention relates to the use of a group of aryl ureas in treating cytokine mediated diseases, other than cancer and proteolytic enzyme mediated diseases, other than cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in such therapy.

The present invention describes compositions and methods designed to determine the presence or amount of biologically active natriuretic peptides, or their fragments, in a sample. The degradation of natriuretic peptides is an ongoing process that may be a function of, inter alia, the elapsed time between onset of an event triggering natriuretic peptide release into the tissues and the time the sample is obtained or analyzed; the quantity of proteolytic enzymes present; etc. This degradation can produce circulating amounts of natriuretic peptides having reduced or lost biological function. The present invention provides, inter alia, assays designed to accurately measure biologically active natriuretic peptides, and compositions to inhibit a previously unknown pathway for degradation of natriuretic peptides.

Disclosed are a cationic deproteinized natural rubber latex, in which rubber particles are positively charged and the concentration of said rubber particles is from 40 to 65% by weight and that the viscosity at 25.degree. C. of said latex is 200 mPa.multidot.s or less, a method of preparing said latex which comprises subjecting to a deprotenization treatment using a proteolytic enzyme and a deproteinizing agent made of one or more surfactant selected from cationic and nonionic surfactants, and optionally adding a post additive comprising a cationic or nonionic surfactant as an active component, thereby to enable both surfactants described above to coexist, and a treating agent used in the same.

Dermal fibroblasts permanently loose their ability to synthesize elastin, the major component of elastic fibers, shortly after puberty. This progressive loss of elastic fibers cannot be replaced, resulting in the physical signs of aging. The present invention provides methods and compositions containing the polyphenols ellagic acid and / or tannic acid for protection against degradation of cutaneous elastic fibers by the elastolytic enzymes. The use of ellagic acid and / or tannic acid increased the overall deposition of elastic fibers in healthy and damaged skin cells. The protection of both intra-tropoelastin and extra-cellular mature elastic fibers from proteolytic enzymes by ellagic acid and tannic acid caused an increase in the net deposition of elastic fibers. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and composition for the treatment of skin and prevention and treatment of degradation of dermal elastic fibers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a sterilized enzymatic decomposition soybean protein with facilitating separation of a precipitate after decomposition of soybean protein with an enzyme, and with improving a yield of the enzymatic decomposition product, thereby minimizing formation of the dregs upon using in drinks and so on. Said process comprises adding a proteolytic enzyme to a soybean protein solution to effect hydrolysis, heating and cooling the hydrolyzation mixture, separating and removing insolubles from the mixture and heat-sterilizing the resultant supernatant.

The invention provides a method for producing high-quality collagen oligopeptide by using fish skin or fishbone. The method comprises the following steps of: washing and crushing the fish skin or fishbone as a raw material, mixing the crushed material and water according to a weight ratio of 1:(5-20), carrying out refining treatment, then sterilizing and cooling, simultaneously adding proteolytic enzyme and lactobacillus to carry out primary hydrolysis, then centrifuging and filtering to separate a non-hydrolyzed solid part and hydrolysate, carrying out ultrafiltration on the hydrolysate by adopting an ultrafiltration film, mixing a macromolecular peptide solution which does not pass through the ultrafiltration film and the non-hydrolyzed solid part which is separated after the primary hydrolysis is finished, simultaneously adding protease and lactobacillus to carry out secondary hydrolysis, carrying out centrifugal separation and filtration, then carrying out ultrafiltration, and sequentially purifying, sterilizing, condensing and drying a micromolecular oligopeptide solution which passes through the ultrafiltration film and micromolecular oligopeptide collected after the primary hydrolysis to obtain the collagen oligopeptide product with low molecular weight. According to the method provided by the invention, the utilization rate and the yield of the raw material protein can be effectively improved, and the product quality can be greatly improved.

The invention provides a preparation method of protein short peptide chelated calcium. The method includes the steps of: refinement treatment and sterilization of mixed raw material containing protein and water, a first hydrolysis by adding proteolytic enzyme, ultrafiltration of the liquid portion separated after the first hydrolysis using a ultrafilter membrane whose retention molecular weight is in the range of 1000-6000 Da, mixing of the macro-molecule peptide liquid which does not permeate the ultrafilter membrane and the solid phase portion separated by the first hydrolysis, a second hydrolysis by adding proteolytic enzyme, purification of micromolecule oligopeptide liquid after twice hydrolysis ultrafiltrations, chelating by adding calcium hydrate or calcium chloride, complete reaction of quantitive sodium carbonate when the pH valve is neutral, filtering for removing deposition, desalination by the nanofiltration membrane, sterilization, condensation and obtaining of the protein short peptide chelated calcium product. The preparation method can substantially improve the protein short peptide obtaining rate and the raw material protein utilization rate, and reduce production cost, so the obtained protein short peptide chelated calcium product has a good quality and high production safety.

A dressing for debridement of necrotic and non-viable tissue in a wound, wherein the dressing comprises an effective amount of one or more proteolytic enzymes incorporated in a degradable polymeric material. The dressing of the invention provides effective debridement of necrotic wounds over a prolonged period of time, as the enzymes may be released over time. As the enzymes are incorporated in the polymeric material, a high stability is achieved.

A dried powdery and granular krill product containing all components of krill. The proteolytic enzymes originally contained in krill materials are perfectly disabled. The product is produced by a process including only heating as means for denaturing protein and disabling the proteolytic enzymes originally contained in krill materials. The product is produced by a process including no chemicals treatment to remove water and disable or inactivate the proteolytic enzymes in any production steps, and generating no wastewater. The production process comprises the steps of lightly dehydrating krill, coarsely crushing the krill, and drying the coarsely crushed krill under heating. Thus, water is removed from the krill by only heating, and degradation of the lipid in the krill product is prevented without using an anti-oxidant. Application fields are enlarged and the preservation characteristic is improved. The so-called zero-emission method and product, generating no wastes, are realized.

The present invention provides a liquid detergent composition, comprising: (a) a cleaning effective amount of an enzyme preferably selected from a proteolytic enzyme, an amylolytic enzyme, a lipolytic enzyme, a cellulolytic enzyme and mixtures thereof; (b) from 0.001 to 3% by weight of a perfume composition, not containing a perfume component selected from the group consisting of saturated and unsaturated linear aldehydes, lilial, cyclal c, vanillin, citral, cinnamic aldehyde, pulegone, terpinolene, gamma terpinene, alpha methylionone; (c) from 0.002 to 1% by weight of an antioxidant; and (d) a fatty acid soap in an amount of at most 4% by weight. Said detergent composition was found to have favourable storage stability characteristics.

Methods and kits for assessing proteolytic enzyme activity and a modulator's effect thereof employ a Ubiquitin or Ubiquitin-like Protein and a signal producing structure. The corresponding fusion polynucleotide is employed for production of transgenic cells, plants and animals that may be produced by stably transfection, optionally transforming the cell, plant or animal with a Ubiquitin-, UBL- or their C-terminal binding functional fragment-Reporter fusion polynucleotide. A method of diagnosing a disease or condition, comprises contacting or administering a sample obtained from a subject suspected of being afflicted with the disease or condition with the cell, plant or animal, detecting any signal produced by the reporter in the presence of the sample and comparing the signal to controls for 0% and 100% signals.

The present invention relates to aqueous liquid detergent compositions comprising an alkaline protease and / or one or more other non-proteolytic enzymes, and an enzyme stabilization system. The invention also relates to enhancing stability of the non-proteolytic enzymes in a liquid detergent composition comprising an alkaline protease.

The invention discloses a plant lipid cream and production method thereof. The plant lipid cream is prepared by the steps that proteolytic enzyme is utilized to restrict hydrolyzed soy separation, soas to obtain soy proteolysis solution; the soy proteolysis solution is mixed with partially hydrogenated plant oil, sucrose, starch syrup, sodium alginate tech grade, carrageenan, microcrystalline cellulose, phosphate, edible emulsifier; and then filtering, aqueous phase material preparation, oil phase material preparation, mixing, blending, secondary homogeneity, aging, filling and packing are carried out sequentially. The invention modifies enzymolysis of isolated soy protein, dissolubility, dispersity and emulsibility are obviously improved, and the functional characteristic is close to casein, thus substituting application of nutrose in plant lipid cream; plant raw materials are adopted, raw material cost is reduced, thus having positive significance on nutrition and health care function; the product has favourable mouthfeel and flavour; and the production method of the invention is based on plant lipid cream similarity processing technology, utilizes biological enzyme technology and has wide applicability.

The invention is a method for preparing protein polypeptide by continuously hydrolyzing protein with an immobilized enzyme. The process comprises the steps of synthesizing an inorganic carrier for immobilizing protease; immobilizing the protease on the inorganic carrier; preparing an enzymatic hydrolysis reactor which can conduct continuous reaction; and subjecting a protein solution to enzymatic hydrolysis. The method has the advantages of simple process, high operability, mild reaction conditions, recyclable immobilized protease and low economic cost.

The present invention provides a combined formulation for disinfecting, neutralizing and cleaning a soft contact lens and a method using the same easily, efficiently and safely. The formulation is a one-solution type of combined formulation for disinfecting, neutralizing and cleaning a soft contact lens, which includes a first formulation that contains an iodine-based disinfectant and a proteolytic enzyme and a second formulation that contains a reducing and a foaming agent treated with a delayed release coating, and which contains a nonionic surfactant in at least one of the first and second formulations. A stained soft contact lens can be disinfected, neutralized and cleaned easily by holding it in an aqueous solution colored yellow or brown by iodine molecules and removing it from the aqueous solution after the solution becomes almost colorless.

The invention belongs to the technical field of aquiculture and discloses a compound microbiological oxygenate for removing ammonia nitrogen in aquatic water and a preparation method of the compound microbiological oxygenate. The oxygenate is prepared from the following raw material components in parts by weight: 15-25 parts of zeolite powder, 10-15 parts of chlorite, 10-15 parts of citric acid, 15-20 parts of a powdery bacillus subtilis, photosynthetic bacterium and EM bacterium mixture, 5-15 parts of a proteolytic enzyme, 5-15 parts of silicate, 20-25 parts of sodium percarbonate, 5-10 parts of quicklime, 1-4 parts of ferrous sulfate, 3-5 parts of dextrin, 3-5 parts of starch slurry and 15-20 parts of a protective agent. The oxygenate disclosed by the invention is suitable for sterilizing, oxygenating and preventing and treating diseases in aquiculture and can be used for improving the water quality, reducing the ammonia nitrogen content in a water area, improving the water level transparency, improving the substrate and purifying water.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of adjusting productivity of enzymes, in particular, amylolytic enzymes, plant fiber degradation enzymes and proteolytic enzymes in a filamentous fungus culture product, by controlling releasing rate of nutrients from the culture raw material into the culture system when a filamentous fungus culture product is produced by culturing filamentous fungi in liquid medium containing as the culture raw material at least one selected from the group consisting of cereals, beans, tubers, amaranthus and quinoa. The present invention provides a method of producing filamentous fungus culture product by using liquid medium containing as culture raw material at least one selected from the group consisting of cereals, beans, tubers, amaranthus and quinoa comprising, culturing filamentous fungi while releasing rate of nutrients from the culture raw material into the culture system is controlled to adjust productivity of enzymes in the filamentous fungus culture product.