COMPARATIVE-STUDIES ON KERATINASE PRODUCTION OF TRICHOPHYTON-MENTAGROPHYTES STRAINS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Authors
SIESENOP U BOHM KH
Citation
U. Siesenop et Kh. Bohm, COMPARATIVE-STUDIES ON KERATINASE PRODUCTION OF TRICHOPHYTON-MENTAGROPHYTES STRAINS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, Mycoses, 38(5-6), 1995, pp. 205-209
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
38
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
205 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1995)38:5-6<205:COKPOT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Over a period of 28 days, 10 Trichophyton mentagrophytes strains were examined for their ability to secrete keratinolytic enzymes. Productio n of enzymes was stimulated by various keratins used as substrates. Du ration and intensity of keratinase secretion were strongly influenced by the keratinous substrate. Duration and intensity of the enzyme prod uction also differed among the 10 dermatophyte strains. Five different enzymes were isolated with molecular weights ranging from 28 kDa to 6 5 kDa. The different enzymes might be produced by different varieties of the species Trichophyton mentagrophytes.