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ArticleGenetics and molecular biology

The chitinase C gene PsChiC from Pseudomonas sp. and its synergistic effects on larvicidal activity.

Wanfang Zhong, Shaojun Ding, Huifang Guo

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Bacterial chitinases: genetics, engineering and applications.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2022
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  7. Chitinases ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wanfang ZhongInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. ; Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Shaojun DingNanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Huifang GuoInstitute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Research Institute of Forestry · CNNanjing Forestry University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas sp. strain TXG6-1, a chitinolytic gram-negative bacterium, was isolated from a vegetable field in Taixing city, Jiangsu Province, China. In this study, a Pseudomonas chitinase C gene (PsChiC) was isolated from the chromosomal DNA of this bacterium using a pair of specific primers. The PsChiC gene consisted of an open reading frame of 1443 nucleotides and encoded 480 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 51.66 kDa. The deduced PsChiC amino acid sequence lacked a signal sequence and consisted of a glycoside hydrolase family 18 catalytic domain responsible for chitinase activity, a fibronectin type III-like domain (FLD) and a C-terminal chitin-binding domain (ChBD). The amino acid sequence of PsChiCshowed high sequence homology (> 95%) with chitinase C from Serratia marcescens. SDS-PAGE showed that the molecular mass of chitinase PsChiC was 52 kDa. Chitinase assays revealed that the chitobiosidase and endochitinase activities of PsChiCwere 51.6- and 84.1-fold higher than those of pET30a, respectively. Although PsChiC showed little insecticidal activity towards Spodoptera litura larvae, an insecticidal assay indicated that PsChiC increased the insecticidal toxicity of SpltNPV by 1.78-fold at 192 h and hastened death. These results suggest that PsChiC from Pseudomonas sp. could be useful in improving the pathogenicity of baculoviruses.

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catalytic domainchitin-binding domainfibronectin type-like domaingene cloninginsecticidal activity

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PMID26500441
PMCPMC4612601
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