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ArticlePloS one2015

Molecular Analysis of Atypical Family 18 Chitinase from Fujian Oyster Crassostrea angulata and Its Physiological Role in the Digestive System.

Bingye Yang, Mingming Zhang, Lingling Li, Fei Pu, Weiwei You, Caihuan Ke

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bingye YangXiamen Medical College, Xiamen, 361008, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China; College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Mingming ZhangCollege of Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Lingling LiCollege of Life Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Fei PuState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China; College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Weiwei YouCollege of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
Caihuan KeState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China; College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitinolytic enzymes have an important physiological significance in immune and digestive systems in plants and animals, but chitinase has not been identified as having a role in the digestive system in molluscan. In our study, a novel chitinase homologue, named Ca-Chit, has been cloned and characterized as the oyster Crassostrea angulate. The 3998bp full-length cDNA of Ca-Chit consisted of 23bp 5-UTR, 3288 ORF and 688bp 3-UTR. The deduced amino acids sequence shares homologue with the chitinase of family 18. The molecular weight of the protein was predicted to be 119.389 kDa, with a pI of 6.74. The Ca-Chit protein was a modular enzyme composed of a glycosyl hydrolase family 18 domain, threonine-rich region profile and a putative membrane anchor domain. Gene expression profiles monitored by quantitative RT-PCR in different adult tissues showed that the mRNA of Ca-Chit expressed markedly higher visceral mass than any other tissues. The results of the whole mount in-situ hybridization displayed that Ca-Chit starts to express the visceral mass of D-veliger larvae and then the digestive gland forms a crystalline structure during larval development. Furthermore, the adult oysters challenged by starvation indicated that the Ca-Chit expression would be regulated by feed. All the observations made suggest that Ca-Chit plays an important role in the digestive system of the oyster, Crassostrea angulate.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceChitinasesCloning, MolecularCrassostreaDigestive SystemDNA, ComplementaryEatingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalIn Situ HybridizationLarvaMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence Analysis, DNAChitinasesDNA, Complementary

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PMID26046992
PMCPMC4457423
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