title: Extracellular enzymes serving as virulence factors in nematophagous fungi involved in infection of the host.
abstract: Extracellular enzymes, including serine protease, chitinase and collagenase, corresponding to the main chemical constituents of the nematode cuticle and eggshell, have been reported to be involved in the infectious process as virulence factors. This review will focus on the categories, characterization, purification, cloning and potential function of these virulence enzymes and will attempt to provide new insights into the mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis in nematodes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Conversation and Utilization of Bio-resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, PR China. xiaoweihuang2001@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ninghui
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Keqin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002688:Chitinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017364:Collagenases / Q000378:metabolism; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009348:Nematoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors; D002688:Chitinases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D017364:Collagenases