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ArticleACS synthetic biology2024

From Natural Microbe Screening to Sustained Chitinase Activity in Exogenous Hosts.

Diptee Chaulagain, Narges S Shamabadi, Skylar A Leslie, David K Karig

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Article in ACS synthetic biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Inhibitory Effect ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Highly efficient chitinase production fromFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Diptee ChaulagainDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
Narges S ShamabadiDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
Skylar A LeslieDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
David K KarigDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9508-6411

Funding

Project 3: Isolating food insecurity to understand childhood health outcomes and biological mechanisms of riskP20GM139767 · NIGMS · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI KayLoni L. Olson · 2021 to 2026
$14.6M
Statistical Methods for Gene Regulatory Analysis From Single Cell Genomics DataP20GM139769 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI ANHOLT, ROBERT R. H, MACKAY, TRUDY F. · 2021 to 2025
$10.8M
The role of acetate fermentation in Entamoeba histolytica growth and infectionP20GM109094 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, MEREDITH T · 2016 to 2020
$10.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109094NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139767NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM139769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic parts and hosts can be sourced from nature to realize new functions for synthetic biology or to improve performance in a particular application environment. Here, we proceed from the discovery and characterization of new parts to stable expression in new hosts with a particular focus on achieving sustained chitinase activity. Chitinase is a key enzyme for various industrial applications that require the breakdown of chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer on the earth. Diverse microbes exhibit chitinase activity, but for applications, the environmental conditions for optimal enzyme activity and microbe fitness must align with the application context. Achieving sustained chitinase activity under broad conditions in heterologous hosts has also proven difficult due to toxic side effects. Toward addressing these challenges, we first screen ocean water samples to identify microbes with chitinase activity. Next, we perform whole genome sequencing and analysis and select a

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ChitinChitinasesBiopolymersEscherichia coliBiopolymersChitinChitinaseschitinaseconstitutive expressionmarine bacteriamicrobial screeningribosomal binding site

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