Chitinase: diversity, limitations, and trends in engineering for suitable applications

A Oyeleye, YM Normi - Bioscience reports, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Chitinases catalyze the degradation of chitin, a ubiquitous polymer generated from the cell
walls of fungi, shells of crustaceans, and cuticles of insects. They are gaining increasing …

Chitinases of Bacillus thuringiensis: Phylogeny, Modular Structure, and Applied Potentials

SA Martínez-Zavala, UE Barboza-Pérez… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The most important bioinsecticide used worldwide is Bacillus thuringiensis and its hallmark
is a rich variety of insecticidal Cry protein, many of which have been genetically engineered …

Upcycling chitin-containing waste into organonitrogen chemicals via an integrated process

X Ma, G Gözaydın, H Yang, W Ning… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Chitin is the most abundant renewable nitrogenous material on earth and is accessible to
humans in the form of crustacean shell waste. Such waste has been severely underutilized …

Identification of an endo-chitinase from Corallococcus sp. EGB and evaluation of its antifungal properties

Z Li, C **a, Y Wang, X Li, Y Qiao, C Li, J Zhou… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the main component of the fungal cell wall, chitin has been regarded as an optimal
molecular target for the biocontrol of plant-pathogenic fungi. In this study, the chitin …

Artificial fusion protein to facilitate calcium carbonate mineralization on insoluble polysaccharide for efficient biocementation

THK Nawarathna, K Nakashima… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomineralization is a process of mineral formation in living organisms. Compared with
nonbiogenic minerals, biominerals can be defined as organic–inorganic hybrid materials …

Biological potential of chitinolytic marine bacteria

SS Paulsen, B Andersen, L Gram, H Machado - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Chitinolytic microorganisms secrete a range of chitin modifying enzymes, which can be
exploited for production of chitin derived products or as fungal or pest control agents. Here …

Thermophilic chitinases: Structural, functional and engineering attributes for industrial applications

GM Mathew, A Madhavan, KB Arun, R Sindhu… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Chitin is the second most widely found natural polymer next to cellulose. Chitinases degrade
the insoluble chitin to bioactive chitooligomers and monomers for various industrial …

Thermostable chitinase II from Thermomyces lanuginosus SSBP: Cloning, structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulations

FI Khan, A Govender, K Permaul, S Singh… - Journal of theoretical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thermomyces lanuginosus is a thermophilic fungus that produces large number of
industrially-significant enzymes owing to their inherent stability at high temperatures and …

Expression element optimization and molecular modification to enhance the secretory expression of chitinase from Bacillus licheniformis in Bacillus subtilis

Y Yuan, D Kong, J Wu, L Su - Process Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature after cellulose. The
degradation products of chitin, amino-oligosaccharides, possess good biological activities …

Bacterial chitinase: nature and perspectives for sustainable bioproduction

Q Yan, SS Fong - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2015 - Springer
Concurrent advances in a number of fields have fostered the development of bioprocesses
for biochemical production. Ideally, future bioprocesses will meet the demands of …