Understanding Malassezia secreted proteases in host-microbial crosstalk in skin health

• Main Author: Goh, Joleen Pei Zhen
• Other Authors: David Lawrence Becker
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172557
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Malassezia form the dominant eukaryotic microbial community on the human skin. The Malassezia genus possesses a repertoire of secretory hydrolytic enzymes involved in protein and lipid metabolism which alter the external cutaneous environment. The exact role of most Malassezia secreted enzymes, incl...