Recombinant urease (rURE) of C. immitis was expressed in Escherichia coli and tested asa vaccine candidate in BALB/c mice. BALB/c mice immunized subcutaneously with rURE and subsequently challenged by the intraperitoneal (i.p.) route with a lethal inoculum of C. immitis arthroconidia demonstrated a significant reduction in the level of C. immitis infection compared to control animals (Li et al., 2001).
Li et al., 2001: Li K, Yu JJ, Hung CY, Lehmann PF, Cole GT. Recombinant urease and urease DNA of Coccidioides immitis elicit an immunoprotective response against coccidioidomycosis in mice. Infection and immunity. 2001; 69(5); 2878-2887. [PubMed: 11292702].
Superfamily of metallo-dependent hydrolases (also called amidohydrolase superfamily) is a large group of proteins that show conservation in their 3-dimensional fold (TIM barrel) and in details of their active site. The vast majority of the members have a...; cl00281
