Ureases (EC 3.5.1.5), functionally, belong to the superfamily of amidohydrolases and phosphotriesterases. Ureases are found in numerous bacteria, fungi...
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Rapid urease test, also known as the CLO test (Campylobacter-like organism test), is a rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori. The...
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Ammonia volatilization from urea (redirect from Urease inhibitor)
(NH_{2})_{2}CO+H_{2}O{\stackrel {urease}{\rightarrow }}NH_{3}+H_{2}NCOOH\rightarrow 2NH_{3(gas)}+CO_{2(gas)}} Urease is a naturally occurring enzyme that...
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belonging to the family Mycoplasmataceae. As the name implies, Ureaplasma is urease positive. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic...
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Helicobacter pylori (section Urease)
uses many different virulence factors including oxidase, catalase, and urease. Urease is the most abundant protein, its expression representing about 10%...
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Identification System. P. vulgaris can also test urease negative in solid media (such as in Enterotube), but will be urease positive in liquid media. The CCIS code...
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Lithostat) is a drug that is a potent and irreversible enzyme inhibitor of the urease enzyme in various bacteria and plants; it is usually used for urinary tract...
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Escherichia coli, C. urealyticum, as the name implies, secretes the enzyme urease which can be strong enough to make urine alkaline. This can lead to the...
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in exhaled breath indicates that the urea was split; this indicates that urease (the enzyme that H. pylori uses to metabolize urea to produce ammonia) is...
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Dintzis and Hastings are able to stop urease production in mice with antibiotics, suggesting a relationship between urease and a bacterial infection. 1954 Palmer...
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pigmented, saprotrophic coccus bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. It is urease and catalase positive. An obligate aerobe, M. luteus is found in soil, dust...
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tryptophan to indole, pyruvate, and ammonia. M. morganii also produces urease, allowing it to break down urea. Methyl red tests positive in M. morganii...
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facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. It shows swarming motility and urease activity. P. mirabilis causes 90% of all Proteus infections in humans. It...
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in 1926 he demonstrated that urease could be isolated and crystallized. He accomplished this by mixing purified urease with acetone and then chilling...
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enzyme urease, which liberates harmful ammonia from urea. For this reason C. ensiformis has been investigated as a potential source of the urease enzyme...
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struvite stones, caused by alkalinization of the urine by the action of the urease enzyme (which splits urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide) of Proteus (and...
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perform H. pylori cultures; Direct detection of urease activity in a biopsy specimen by rapid urease test; Measurement of antibody levels in the blood...
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Carbamate (section Urease and phosphotriesterase)
caused by carbon dioxide). The ε-amino groups of the lysine residues in urease and phosphotriesterase also feature carbamate. The carbamate derived from...
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it is non-pathogenic and is able to produce high amounts of the enzyme urease which hydrolyzes urea to carbonate and ammonia. S. pasteurii is a gram positive...
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Accessory Abdominopelvic Other Laparotomy Exploratory laparotomy Rapid urease test / Urea breath test Clinical prediction rules MELD PELD UKELD Child–Pugh...
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Donald Van Slyke (section Urease)
the discovery of the amino acid hydroxylysine. Work with G. E. Cullen on urease led to a mechanism that yields a kinetic equation observationally indistinguishable...
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and three amido groups. NBPT functions as an inhibitor of the enzyme urease. Urease, pervasive in soil microorganisms, converts urea into ammonia, which...
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Motility + + Methyl Red + – Voges-Proskauer + – Indole – – H2S Production – + Urease – + Nitrate reductase – + β-Galactosidase + + Hydrolysis of Gelatin + +...
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whole blood is used. In the more specific enzymatic methods, the enzyme urease converts urea to ammonia and carbonic acid. These products, which are proportional...
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+ Indole - Methyl red - Voges-Proskauer - Citrate + Nitrate reduction - Urease - Hydrolysis of Galactose + Casein + Utilization of Glycerol + Galactose...
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in the acidic environment of the human stomach by producing the enzyme urease. Colonization of the stomach lining by this bacterium can lead to gastric...
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anti-phosphodiesterase type 5, anti-angiotensin-converting enzyme, and anti-urease activities. Kumar, Akhilesh; Bachhawat, Anand K. (2012). "Pyroglutamic acid:...
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promoting stone formation. Specifically, urease-positive bacteria, such as Proteus mirabilis can produce the enzyme urease, which converts urea to ammonia and...
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fully appreciated until 1926, when James B. Sumner showed that the enzyme urease was in fact a protein. Linus Pauling is credited with the successful prediction...
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about chemistry (what’s making it caustic [ammonia?], how it’s formed [urease?]). Please expand the article to include this information. Further details...
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