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ReviewBiology2021

Current Perspectives on Chitinolytic Enzymes and Their Agro-Industrial Applications.

Vikram Poria, Anuj Rana, Arti Kumari, Jasneet Grewal, Kumar Pranaw, Surender Singh

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In one paragraph

Review in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bioprocess optimisation for chitosan production by chitinolytic microorganisms.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  11. Enhancing enzyme activity of heterologously expressed Chit42 inBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025
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  19. Fungal endo and exochitinase production, characterization, and application for Candida biofilm removal.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2024
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  20. Genomic Exploration of a ChitinolyticCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vikram PoriaDepartment of Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendargarh 123031, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2903-1524
Anuj RanaDepartment of Microbiology (COBS & H), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India.
Arti KumariDepartment of Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendargarh 123031, India.
Jasneet GrewalDepartment of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa, 102-096 Warsaw, Poland.
Kumar PranawDepartment of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Miecznikowa, 102-096 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6073-8635
Surender SinghDepartment of Microbiology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendargarh 123031, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1033-2546
Central University of Haryana · INUniversity of Warsaw · PLChaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University · IN

Funding

grant "The Fly ash as the precursors of functionalized materials for applications in environmental engineering, civil engineering and agriculture", carried out within the TEAM-NET programme of the Foundation for Polish Science co-financed by the European POIR.04.04.00-00-14E6/18-00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitinases are a large and diversified category of enzymes that break down chitin, the world's second most prevalent polymer after cellulose. GH18 is the most studied family of chitinases, even though chitinolytic enzymes come from a variety of glycosyl hydrolase (GH) families. Most of the distinct GH families, as well as the unique structural and catalytic features of various chitinolytic enzymes, have been thoroughly explored to demonstrate their use in the development of tailor-made chitinases by protein engineering. Although chitin-degrading enzymes may be found in plants and other organisms, such as arthropods, mollusks, protozoans, and nematodes, microbial chitinases are a promising and sustainable option for industrial production. Despite this, the inducible nature, low titer, high production expenses, and susceptibility to severe environments are barriers to upscaling microbial chitinase production. The goal of this study is to address all of the elements that influence microbial fermentation for chitinase production, as well as the purifying procedures for attaining high-quality yield and purity.

Indexed as

biocontrolchitinolytic enzymeschitooligosaccharidesfermentationmicrobial chitinases

Identifiers

PMID34943233
PMCPMC8698876
OpenAlexW4200577347

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