Biotechnological aspects of chitinolytic enzymes: a review
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Chitin and chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) have an immense potential. Chitinolytic enzymes have wide-ranging applications such as preparation of pharmaceutically important chitooligosaccharides and N-acetyl D-glucosamine, preparation of single-cell protein, isolation of protoplasts from fungi and yeast, control of pathogenic fungi, treatment of chitinous waste, and control of malaria transmission. In this review, we discuss the occurrence and structure of chitin, the types and sources of chitinases, their mode of action, chitinase production, as well as molecular cloning and protein engineering of chitinases and their biotechnological applications.
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Chitinases from other sources than yeasts have demonstrated biocontrol activity against plant pathogenic fungi and are widely studied as potential biopesticides, targets for resistance breeding, or as transgenes in genetically modified plants.
“However, chitinases from other sources than yeasts (i.e., filamentous fungi and bacteria) have demonstrated biocontrol activity against plant pathogenic fungi and chitinases are widely studied as potential biopesticides, targets for resistance breeding, or as transgenes in genetically modified plants (Dahiya et al. 2006; Herrera-Estrella and Chet 1999; Nagpure et al. 2014).”
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- Authors
- Dahiya, N., Tewari, R., & Hoondal, G. S.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Immunology (IN)
- Panjab University (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Dahiya, Neetu
- ORCID
- Tewari, Rupinder
- Venue
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2006-07-21
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 773-782
- ISSN
- 0175-7598 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0614
- OpenAlex
- W1980701408
- Cited by
- 544
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Enzyme Production and Characterization
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Keywords
- chitinase, chitinolytic enzymes, chitin, chitooligosaccharides, N-acetylglucosamine, microbial protein, protoplast isolation, malaria transmission, chitinase production, gene cloning, protein engineering
- MeSH terms
- Acetylglucosamine, Bacterial Proteins, Biotechnology, Catalysis, Chitin, Chitinases, Cloning, Molecular, Fungal Proteins, Molecular Structure
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