ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2003
Detection and characterization of chitinases and other chitin-modifying enzymes.
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- Significant release and microbial utilization of amino sugars and D-amino acid enantiomers from microbial cell wall decomposition in soils.Soil biology & biochemistry · 2018Article
- Production and characterization of a novel antifungal chitinase identified by functional screening of a suppressive-soil metagenome.Microbial cell factories · 2017Article
- Chitinase-producing bacteria and their role in biocontrol.AIMS microbiology · 2017Review
- Ethanol production from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine by Scheffersomyces stipitis strains.AMB Express · 2016Article
- A fast, sensitive and easy colorimetric assay for chitinase and cellulase activity detection.Biotechnology for biofuels · 2014Article
- Bacterial chitinase with phytopathogen control capacity from suppressive soil revealed by functional metagenomics.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2014Article
- Excretome of the chitinolytic bacterium Clostridium paraputrificum J4.Folia microbiologica · 2012Article
- Screening of Argentine native fungal strains for biocontrol of the grasshopper Tropidacris collaris: relationship between fungal pathogenicity and chitinolytic enzyme activity.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2012Article
- Intracellular trafficking of hyaluronic acid-chitosan oligomer-based nanoparticles in cultured human ocular surface cells.Molecular vision · 2011Article
- Carbohydrase systems of Saccharophagus degradans degrading marine complex polysaccharides.Marine drugs · 2011Review
- N-acetylglucosamine: production and applications.Marine drugs · 2010Review
- Chitin research revisited.Marine drugs · 2010Review
- Chitin deacetylases: properties and applications.Marine drugs · 2010Review
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Abstract
Multiple industrial and medical uses of chitin and its derivatives have been developed in recent years. The demand for enzymes with new or desirable properties continues to grow as additional uses of chitin, chitooligosaccharides, and chitosan become apparent. Microorganisms, the primary degraders of chitin in the environment, are a rich source of valuable chitin-modifying enzymes. This review summarizes many methods that can be used to isolate and characterize chitin-modifying enzymes including chitin depolymerases, chitodextrinases, chitin deacetylases, N-acetylglucosaminidases, chitin-binding proteins, and chitosanases. Chitin analogs, zymography, detection of reducing sugars, genomic library screening, chitooligosaccharide electrophoresis, degenerate PCR primer design, thin layer chromatography, and chitin-binding assays are discussed.
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