{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["99(22)"],"submitter":["Huang Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["Poultry processing plants and slaughterhouses produce huge quantities of feathers and hair/bristle waste annually. These keratinaceous wastes are highly resistant to degradation. Onygena corvina, a non-pathogenic fungus, grows specifically on feathers, hooves, horn, and hair in nature. Hence, the proteases secreted by O. corvina are interesting in view of their potential relevance for industrial decomposition of keratinaceous wastes. We sequenced and assembled the genome of O. corvina and used a method called peptide pattern recognition to identify 73 different proteases. Comparative genome analysis of proteases in keratin-degrading and non-keratin-degrading fungi indicated that 18 putative secreted proteases from four protease families (M36, M35, M43, and S8) may be responsible for kerati"],"journal":["Applied microbiology and biotechnology"],"pagination":["9635-49"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4628079"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Genome and secretome analyses provide insights into keratin decomposition by novel proteases from the non-pathogenic fungus Onygena corvina."],"pmcid":["PMC4628079"],"pubmed_authors":["Huang Y","Busk PK","Herbst FA","Lange L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Genome and secretome analyses provide insights into keratin decomposition by novel proteases from the non-pathogenic fungus Onygena corvina.","description":"Poultry processing plants and slaughterhouses produce huge quantities of feathers and hair/bristle waste annually. These keratinaceous wastes are highly resistant to degradation. Onygena corvina, a non-pathogenic fungus, grows specifically on feathers, hooves, horn, and hair in nature. Hence, the proteases secreted by O. corvina are interesting in view of their potential relevance for industrial decomposition of keratinaceous wastes. We sequenced and assembled the genome of O. corvina and used a method called peptide pattern recognition to identify 73 different proteases. Comparative genome analysis of proteases in keratin-degrading and non-keratin-degrading fungi indicated that 18 putative secreted proteases from four protease families (M36, M35, M43, and S8) may be responsible for kerati","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Nov","modification":"2026-04-16T21:29:44.209Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:01:07Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4628079","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26177915"],"doi":["10.1007/s00253-015-6805-9"]}}