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1 ilA (transformation pseudopilus) and chiA-1 (chitinase).

2 tial mixotrophic goal (i.e. exoproteases and chitinases).

3 ding 12 proteases, two phospholipases, and a chitinase.

4 pendent of the chitinolytic activity of this chitinase.

5 can be negatively regulated by a vertebrate chitinase.

6 rming the type II dependency of the secreted chitinase.

7 sidase and to that of mouse acidic mammalian chitinase.

8 nel of strains where each expresses a single chitinase.

9 erences in processivity of the S. marcescens chitinases.

10 to degrade chitin analogs and produce active chitinases.

11 hin a sequence that is conserved in class IV chitinases.

12 and transgenic expression of plant class IV chitinases.

13 recycled by ubiquitous bacterial and fungal chitinases.

14 olutionary paths for human and monkey acidic chitinases.

15 x1 in infection and in protection from wheat chitinases.

16 unusual among the other class I plant basic chitinases.

17 efense response, namely the effects of wheat chitinases.

18 tion of pathogenesis-related genes including chitinases.

19 Chitinase 1 (CHIT1) is secreted by activated macrophages

20 Human chitotriosidase, also called chitinase 1 (chit1), has been cloned.

21 ificant reduction in the expression level of chitinase 1 and caused abortive molting in the insects.

22 ons in the genes CG6479, separation anxiety, chitinase 11, CG6364 (Uck2), CG6543 (Echs1), withered (w

23 tic domains characteristic of members of the chitinase-18 protein family.

24 egression protein-39 (BRP-39), also known as chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) and encoded by the Chi3l1 ge

25 Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) has been shown to play a rol

26 ingle nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) promoter, the gene encoding

27 One of Stat3 downstream genes products, chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) protein, showed increased co

28 In vivo and in vitro studies reveal chitinase 3-like 1 (Chi3l1) to be a major target and eff

29 d by genetic variation in its encoding gene (chitinase 3-like 1 [CHI3L1]) and are increased in patien

30 A promoter SNP (-131C-->G) in CHI3L1, the chitinase 3-like 1 gene encoding YKL-40, was associated

31 in Brp-39, the murine protein product of the chitinase 3-like 1 gene, as a critical component of this

32 Recently, a role of the chitinase 3-like 1 protein (YKL-40) has been evoked in a

33 The CLPs BRP-39/YKL-40 (also termed chitinase 3-like 1) inhibit oxidant-induced lung injury,

34 uman cartilage glycoprotein 39 [HCgp-39] and chitinase 3-like 1), can be readily measured in the seru

35 e wound tissue expressed high levels of Ym1 (chitinase 3-like 3), an established marker of the IL-4-i

36 Promoters from the chitinase 3-like 3, Wnt inhibitory factor 1, and fms-rel

37 eta and TNFalpha caused increased release of chitinase 3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1), CHI3L2, complement

38 mediated by an N-glycosylated asparagine in chitinase 3-like-1 (amino acid 68) on IECs.

39 Recent studies demonstrated that chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1) binds to and signals via IL-

40 Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1) is an evolutionarily conserv

41 Chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) messenger RNA and protein ex

42 The prototypic chitinase-like protein chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) plays a protective role in t

43 We determined that Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1), a conserved prototypic chit

44 Chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1/YKL-40) is a protein secreted

45 Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chil1) is expressed during infection

46 rils via the TGF-beta1 signaling pathway and chitinase 3-like-1 activity in fibroblasts in lymphoid t

47 Inducible chitinase 3-like-1 is expressed by intestinal epithelial

48 AIEC adheres to an N-glycosylated chitinase 3-like-1 on IECs via the chitin-binding domain

49 indicated by increases in the expression of Chitinase 3-Like-1, and the colorectal cancer metastasis

50 s that comprised matrix metalloproteinase 9, chitinase 3-like-1, S100 calcium binding protein A8 (S10

51 teomic analysis revealed decreased levels of chitinase-3-like 3 and accumulation of the receptor for

52 rease 2.53), agouti-related protein; (1.48), chitinase-3-like protein 1 (1.35), C-C motif chemokine 2

53 u181), visinin-like protein 1 (VILIP-1), and chitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40).

54 arkers of inflammation including crystals of chitinase-3-like proteins.

55 secretion of matrix metalloproteinase 9 and chitinase-3-like-1 protein but differentially affected t

56 ound in inflammatory zone-1, arginase-1, and chitinase-3-like-3.

57 nes and helped identify genes (e.g. Tomosyn, Chitinase 5, Adar, Innexin 2, Transferrin 1, Sick, Oatp2

58 that might function with dyl and identified Chitinase 6 (Cht6) as a strong candidate, as knocking do

59 ontrols the expression of the promoter for a chitinase, a type VI secretion-related gene, a transcrip

60 creted proteins were predicted to encode two chitinases, a chitin binding protein, a protease (PepO),

61 Instead, the new cuticle is protected from chitinase action by the T. castaneum Knickkopf (TcKnk) p

62 Patients with CF have enhanced chitinase activation associated with C albicans coloniza

63 the export of protease, phospholipase C, and chitinase activities is T2SS dependent.

64 molecular basis to explain the differential chitinase activities observed among the species and subp

65 bacteria compared with nonpathogenic E coli; chitinase activities were measured using the colloidal c

66 gher gene regulation and beta-1,3-glucanase, chitinase activities were observed in cv. Ryan compared

67 Chitinase activities were quantified in serum and bronch

68 A, ChiB, ChiC, and ChiD possessed dissimilar chitinase activities.

69 as well as alkaline phosphatase, lipase and chitinase activities.

70 iae sprE resulted in decreased extracellular chitinase activity and decreased secretion of the cell s

71 tics, asthmatic children exhibited increased chitinase activity and increased YKL-40 levels in BALF.

72 Transformants expressing tri5 displayed low chitinase activity and induced expression of Botrytis ci

73 uences in two regions that are essential for chitinase activity and that were previously thought to b

74 BALF was tested for chitinase activity and YKL-40 (an enzymatically inactive

75 h this analysis, we found that low levels of chitinase activity are sufficient for natural transforma

76 t pH profile exhibiting greater retention of chitinase activity at acidic and basic pH values.

77 which is ameliorated by restoration of lung chitinase activity by genetic or therapeutic approaches.

78 Our data also indicate that an enzyme with chitinase activity can promote infection of a mammalian

79 In addition, the overall level of chitinase activity differed among the subpopulations of

80 ave shown the importance of acidic mammalian chitinase activity in settings of chitin exposure and al

81 Chitinase activity is raised in atherosclerotic patient

82 ogen content correlated positively with high chitinase activity of ectomycorrhizas.

83 ssociated with whole-cell lysates, while the chitinase activity of F. novicida localized to the cultu

84 anism in vivo for feedback regulation of the chitinase activity of human AMCase.

85 Denaturation experiments indicate that the chitinase activity on RNase B is not dependent on the te

86 The aim of this study was to assess chitinase activity systemically and in the airways of pa

87 Further stratification showed that chitinase activity was enhanced in patients with CF colo

88 Chitinase activity was greater in the BALF of asthmatics

89 Chitinase activity was systemically increased in patient

90 itionally, we assessed factors that regulate chitinase activity within the lungs of patients with CF.

91 ead, we show that an rpoS mutant has reduced chitinase activity, which is required to liberate the so

92 on source requires more robust and concerted chitinase activity.

93 inase (AMCase), which is required for airway chitinase activity.

94 n the BALF of asthmatics and correlated with chitinase activity.

95 YKL-40 are chitinase-like proteins that lack chitinase activity.

96 Three of the chitinases also hydrolyzed the beta1-6 bond in LacNAcbet

97 e, we provide evidence that acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) can function as a major digestive enz

98 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) inhibits chitin-induced innate inflam

99 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is a member of the glycosyl hydrolase

100 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is expressed in an exaggerated fashio

101 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is known to be induced by allergens a

102 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is produced during and plays an impor

103 Human acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase), a member of the family 18 glycosyl h

104 Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase), an enzyme implicated in the patholog

105 g an enzymatically inactive acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase), the dominant true chitinase in mouse

106 ng epithelial cells secrete acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase), which is required for airway chitina

107 with the IL-4- and IL-13-inducible mammalian chitinase, AMCase, or if the chitin was injected into mi

108 a potent and specific inhibitor of filarial chitinases, an activity not previously reported for this

109 s significantly suppressed for activities of chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase at pH 5 and 7, consiste

110 notype and repressed the expression of Basic Chitinase and beta-1,3-Glucanase, the GCC-box-containing

111 regulated PATHOGENESIS-RELATED genes, Basic Chitinase and beta-1,3-Glucanase, was upregulated in 35S

112 Mammalian chitinase and chitinase-like proteins are members of a r

113 Chitinase and digestive protease transcript expression l

114 inhibitions of molt-related proteins such as chitinase and JHE-carboxylesterase.

115 hat were required for secretion of all three chitinases and Cbp21.

116 It is becoming increasingly apparent that chitinases and chilectins play an important role in infl

117 he absence of endogenous chitin, a number of chitinases and chitinase-like proteins (C/CLPs) have bee

118 d 18-glycosyl-hydrolase family contains true chitinases and chitinase-like proteins that lack enzymat

119 Recombinant production of the putative chitinases and enzymatic evaluations revealed ChiA, ChiB

120 e created a strain that lacks all 7 putative chitinases and from this strain, generated a panel of st

121 sing evidence highlights the contribution of chitinases and fungal infection to the development of as

122 number of antimicrobial proteins, including chitinases and pathogenesis-related proteins.

123 chanism accounts for the selective action of chitinases and possibly other molting enzymes.

124 , and not CHIA, is a gene encoding an acidic chitinase, and cloned it, using the sequence of human CH

125 ng motility apparatus and for secretion of a chitinase, and the P. gingivalis PorSS is involved in se

126 hrough the airway epithelium inhibits mucus, chitinases, and eosinophilia, independent of Th2 cell ac

127 ium-binding site not previously seen in GH18 chitinases, and, importantly, a displaced catalytic acid

128 duction of rhizoxin analogs, orfamide A, and chitinase are required for full oral toxicity of Pf-5 ag

129 Plant chitinases are an example of food allergenic proteins fo

130 Chitinases are enzymes that cleave chitin, a component o

131 Chitinases are enzymes that hydrolyze chitin, a polymer

132 face component of parasites and insects, and chitinases are induced in lower life forms during infect

133 some isoforms of thaumatin-like proteins and chitinases are involved in haze formation.

134 intriguing and the physiologic functions of chitinases are not clear.

135 ough chitin itself does not exist in humans, chitinases are present in the human genome.

136 nt, including aminopeptidases, an RNase, and chitinase, as well as proteins with no homology to known

137 e phylogenetically related to the Salmonella chitinase, as well as unrelated chitinases from Listeria

138 pathogenesis-related genes such as PR1b1 and chitinase B compared with the wild-type.

139 Chitinase B of "Microbulbifer degradans" 2-40 is a modul

140 sion of the ethylene-responsive genes E4 and chitinase B was upregulated in transgenic plants, but et

141 ed activity of defence related enzymes, i.e. chitinase, beta-1,3-glucanase and PAL, and higher conten

142 tures suggest additional functional roles of chitinases beyond chitin hydrolysis.

143 ide hydrolases along with numerous authentic chitinases, but the proteins have novel consensus sequen

144 ned the binding affinities of the Salmonella chitinase by carbohydrate microarray screening and found

145 I-4 [cyclo-(L-Arg-D-Pro)] inhibits family 18 chitinases by mimicking the structure of the proposed re

146 , whereas those of aryl acylamidase (AA) and chitinase (CHI) increased during the initial period and

147 d was applied to the study of the processive chitinase ChiA from Serratia marcescens.

148 drolase Cel7A from Hypocrea jecorina and the chitinase ChiA from Serratia marcescens.

149 face motility adhesins SprB and RemA and the chitinase ChiA.

150 Newly constructed chitinase (chiA) mutants also had approximately 75% less

151 cular dynamics simulations of two processive chitinases (ChiA and ChiB), the ChiC catalytic module, a

152 olific secretor of proteins, including three chitinases (ChiA, ChiB, and ChiC) and a chitin binding p

153 that cdGMP stimulated the transcription of a chitinase (ChiB) known to contribute to biofilm formatio

154 l pathogens that truncate the plant class IV chitinases ChitA and ChitB during maize ear rot.

155 g these carbohydrate-active enzymes, such as chitinases, chitobiases, and lytic polysaccharide monoox

156 that the T2SS releases chitinolytic enzymes (chitinase, chitosanase) and chitin-binding proteins.

157 Pathogenesis-related proteins, chitinases (CHT) and beta-1,3-glucanases (GLU), are stre

158 tivity and YKL-40 (an enzymatically inactive chitinase) concentrations.

159 he improvement of transglycosylation (TG) by chitinase D from Serratia proteamaculans (SpChiD).

160 the role of CF airway proteases and genetic chitinase deficiency was assessed.

161 Genetic chitinase deficiency was associated with C albicans colo

162 ectopically express all 7 chitinases in our chitinase deficient strain.

163 ic, of low molecular weight and resistant to chitinase degradation.

164 SnTox1 protected the different fungi from chitinase degradation.

165 Knickkopf protects chitin from chitinase-dependent degradation and deacetylase enzymes

166 Down-regulation of TcKnk results in chitinase-dependent loss of chitin, severe molting defec

167 uorescent material to chitin was verified by chitinase digestion.

168 ndoS confirmed the previous predictions of a chitinase domain and leucine-rich repeat but also reveal

169 an N-terminal peroxiredoxin and a C-terminal chitinase domain.

170 m fulvum, to shield chitin from host-derived chitinases during infection.

171 is showed that this protein does not possess chitinase enzymatic activity.

172 Chitinase enzymes hydrolyse the polysaccharide chitin, a

173 quential catalysis, using crude protease and chitinase enzymes immobilized on agar beads.

174 We found that all chitinases examined hydrolyzed LacdiNAc from the TMR agl

175 he purpose of this study was to characterize chitinase expression and serological markers of fungal i

176 d, while YM2 expression and acidic mammalian chitinase expression were decreased.

177 ation and was decreased by constitutive lung chitinase expression.

178 icate functional specialization among insect chitinase family genes, primarily during the molting pro

179 ct of simvastatin was found to depend on the chitinase family member Ym1, known to be a lectin.

180 e glycoprotein YKL-40 (CHI3L1) is a secreted chitinase family protein that induces angiogenesis, cell

181 YKL-40 is a secreted glycoprotein (chitinase family).

182 stent with innate host defense traits of the chitinase family.

183 wn that both the human chitotriosidase and a chitinase from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium h

184 Although vertebrates express active chitinases from evolutionarily conserved loci, their rol

185 In this study, we identified two plant chitinases from fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) la

186 e Salmonella chitinase, as well as unrelated chitinases from Listeria monocytogenes using the fluores

187 he hydrolytic specificity of this enzyme and chitinases from Sodalis glossinidius and Polysphondylium

188 machinery, including hemagglutinin protease, chitinase, GbpA, and lipase.

189 The chitinase gene (CTS1) of C. posadasii, which encodes the

190 ical chitinase that belongs to the mammalian chitinase gene family.

191 ized the structure of a single copy LmexCht1-chitinase gene from the primitive trypanosomatid pathoge

192 gCHT2 as the orthologue of the P. falciparum chitinase gene PfCHT1, a malaria transmission-blocking t

193 A putative class I basic chitinase gene, assigned as psiBCH, was cloned from a to

194 ence has suggested the existence of a second chitinase gene, PgCHT2, in the avian malaria parasite Pl

195 ormatic analyses identified two new putative chitinase genes (chiC and chiD), as well as the previous

196 Two chitinase genes (CTS2 and CTS3) were disrupted to yield

197 he nucleotide level with known class I basic chitinase genes from the Solanaceae family.

198 The existence of chitinase genes in mammals is intriguing and the physiol

199 he expression of both beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase genes in naturally infected fruit of both cult

200 However, defense-related proteins such as chitinases, glucanases, myrosinases, and others showed e

201 Chitinase (HaCHI) gene, critically required for insect m

202 Because a chitinase had not been previously reported in Legionella

203 the three-dimensional structure of a barley chitinase) had changes in the catalytic site that are li

204 Acidic mammalian chitinase has recently been associated with animal model

205 There is emerging evidence that chitinases have additional functions beyond degrading en

206 Chitinases have recently gained attention in the field o

207 SS is involved in secretion of extracellular chitinase in addition to its role in secretion of SprB.

208 patients with asthma, in whom expression of chitinase in both compartments correlates with the sever

209 These results demonstrated the role of chitinase in insect development and potential of HI-RNAi

210 malian chitinase (AMCase), the dominant true chitinase in mouse lung, showed enhanced type 2 immune r

211 an increase in the processing of a class IV chitinase in planta.

212 ssing constitutively active acidic mammalian chitinase in the lungs demonstrated a significant reduct

213 s are consistent with and suggest a role for chitinases in asthma pathogenesis among Bronx children a

214 ession plasmids to ectopically express all 7 chitinases in our chitinase deficient strain.

215 CF proteases degraded chitinases in the airway microenvironment of patients wi

216 rgic inflammation in the lung, and mammalian chitinases, including acidic mammalian chitinase, limit

217 ata, unexpected synergistic protonophore and chitinase inhibition activities have also been found to

218 Conversely, chitinase inhibition prolonged the duration of tissue eo

219 increased, Arg1 expression was decreased by chitinase inhibition, suggesting that suppression of CHI

220 c activity that is sensitive to the specific chitinase inhibitor allosamidin and has the ability to b

221 structural elements critical for closantel's chitinase inhibitor function.

222 Thus, we investigated the effects of a chitinase inhibitor, allosamidin, on macrophage function

223 d, compounds acting only as protonophores or chitinase inhibitors were identified.

224 suited for the high-throughput screening of chitinase inhibitors.

225 d in phytoalexin synthesis, chitinaseb1-1, a chitinase involved in pathogen defense, and Glycine max

226 and microscopic investigations we found that chitinase is essential for bacteria to enter hyphae.

227 indicates that Plasmodium ookinete-secreted chitinase is important in midgut invasion.

228 The 18 glycosyl hydrolase family of chitinases is an ancient gene family that is widely expr

229 nalogs, the enzyme mechanism of the class IV chitinases is described for the first time.

230 recruitment, and elevated KC, TNF-alpha, and chitinase levels.

231 We show that the chitinase-like (CTL) proteins, CTL1/POM1 and CTL2, are f

232 n of Relm-alpha, without similarly affecting Chitinase-like 3 (Chil3/Ym1).

233 ested in studying the functional genomics of chitinase-like gene families in insects.

234 germ-free mice, but neutralization of Ym1, a chitinase-like molecule that is associated with alternat

235 are defined by the expression of Arginase 1, chitinase-like molecules, and resistin-like molecule (RE

236 mice, we identified the macrophage-secreted chitinase-like protein Brp-39, the murine protein produc

237 The prototypic chitinase-like protein Chi3l1 is induced in cancers and

238 The prototypic chitinase-like protein chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) plays

239 disc growth factor 2 (IDGF2) is a member of chitinase-like protein family (CLPs) able to induce the

240 Circulating levels of the chitinase-like protein YKL-40 are influenced by genetic

241 The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 has been related to asthma

242 The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 is involved in inflammatio

243 The chitinase-like protein YKL-40, encoded by the CHI3L1 gen

244 se 3-like-1 (Chi3l1), a conserved prototypic chitinase-like protein, is induced by Streptococcus pneu

245 A third chitinase-like protein, TcCHT7, was required for abdomin

246 A fourth chitinase-like protein, TcIDGF4, exhibited no chitinolyt

247 The related chitinase-like protein, YKL-40 (also called human cartil

248 ndogenous chitin, a number of chitinases and chitinase-like proteins (C/CLPs) have been identified.

249 Enzymatically inactive chitinase-like proteins (CLPs) such as BRP-39, Ym1 and Y

250 Chitinase-like proteins are associated with type 2 immun

251 Mammalian chitinase and chitinase-like proteins are members of a recently discov

252 Phylogenetic analysis of chitinase-like proteins from Drosophila and other insect

253 A phylogenetic analysis of the chitinase-like proteins from Drosophila and several othe

254 of individual members of the large family of chitinase-like proteins from the red flour beetle, Tribo

255 Our analysis revealed the presence of 18 chitinase-like proteins in the Drosophila protein databa

256 expression of IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and chitinase-like proteins in whole lung.

257 l homologues encoding catalytically inactive chitinase-like proteins or chilectins (all GH18 family p

258 ; Chi3l1) and its human homologue YKL-40 are chitinase-like proteins that lack chitinase activity.

259 ydrolase family contains true chitinases and chitinase-like proteins that lack enzymatic activity.

260 ity to study the structures and functions of chitinase-like proteins, and also to identify new member

261 r knockdown of transcripts for several other chitinase-like proteins, including imaginal disk growth

262 le for the presence of a large assortment of chitinase-like proteins.

263 Ym1/Ym2 is a chitinase-like secretory protein that is transiently ind

264 alian chitinases, including acidic mammalian chitinase, limit this process.

265 These plant chitinases mediate the suppression of herbivore-induced

266 Therefore chitinases might represent a novel biomarker and therape

267 Chitinase-modifying proteins (cmps) are proteases secret

268 This substrate specificity was evident for chitinases of different phylogenetic origins.

269 Importantly, the chitinase OvCHT1 from O. volvulus was recently discovere

270 The L3-stage-specific chitinase OvCHT1 has been implicated in the development

271 osed evidence that the larval-stage-specific chitinase, OvCHT1, may be a potential biological target

272 inine biosynthesis and positive selection on chitinase pathways.

273 the P. gallinaceum ortholog of P. falciparum chitinase PfCHT1) are both localized on the ookinete api

274 to evaluate the ookinete micronemal proteins chitinase (PgCHT1), circumsporozoite and TRAP-related pr

275 defenses by deposition of the plant-derived chitinases Pr4 and Endochitinase A is a unique way an in

276 Our study shows that maize chitinases, Pr4 and Endochitinase A, are induced during

277 The recombinant maize chitinase, rChiA, was purified from Pichia pastoris extr

278 t mutation in the AtCTL1 gene that encodes a chitinase-related protein, although molecular and bioche

279 ndicate that ChiA is a soluble extracellular chitinase required for chitin utilization and that it re

280 ct chitin in fungal cell walls against plant chitinases, respectively.

281 SprF was not needed for chitinase secretion and may be specifically required for

282 n of the entire chitinolytic machinery, with chitinase secretion being blocked at a late stage in the

283 a protein of 464 amino acids with a typical chitinase structure, including a signal peptide, a highl

284 tection against plant- and microbial-derived chitinases, suggesting a broader role beyond deregulatio

285 pecific knockdown of transcripts for another chitinase, TcCHT10, which has multiple catalytic domains

286 One chitinase, TcCHT5, was found to be required for pupal-ad

287 rate that mouse chitotriosidase is a typical chitinase that belongs to the mammalian chitinase gene f

288 ate-binding proteins) that crosslink chitin, chitinases that degrade chitin, and Jessie lectins that

289 rasite from digestive enzymes; production of chitinases that degrade the stomodeal valve of the sand

290 rived from antibodies specific to a parasite chitinase, the 25 kDa protein and the circumsporozoite p

291 e named the new enzyme MACase (Macaca Acidic Chitinase) to emphasize its differences from AMCase.

292 loti cells inhibits biofilm formation, while chitinase treatment disrupts pre-formed biofilms.

293 Immobilized protease and chitinase treatment improved CS yields (101 mug/ml) and

294 Plants produce chitinases upon pathogen attack and chito-oligomers indu

295 yield for protease were 84% and 62%, and for chitinase were 75% and 57%, respectively.

296 , enhanced activities of beta-1,3-glucanase, chitinase were noted in both cultivars.

297 Five potential chitinases were identified by genome analysis.

298 n binding domain (CBD) of Bacillus circulans chitinase, which binds to chitin matrices prepared from

299 The molting fluid enzyme chitinase, which degrades the matrix polysaccharide chit

300 Chitin utilization requires chitinases, which degrade this insoluble polymer into so