• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제60권5호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2022

Chitinase AO-801 is a hydrolase secreted by Arthrobotrys oligospora during nematode feeding, while its role remained elusive. This study analyzed the molecular characteristics of recombinant chitinase of Arthrobotrys oligospora (reAO-801). AO-801 belongs to the typical glycoside hydrolase 18 family with conserved chitinase sequence and tertiary structure of (α/β)₈ triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel. The molecular weight of reAO-801 was 42 kDa. reAO-801 effectively degraded colloidal and powdered chitin, egg lysate, and stage I larval lysate of Caenorhabditis elegans. The activity of reAO-801 reached its peak at 40℃ and pH values between 4-7. Enzyme activity was inhibited by Zn2⁺, Ca2⁺, and Fe3⁺, whereas Mg2⁺ and K⁺ potentiated its activity. In addition, urea, sodium dodecyl sulfate, and 2-mercaptoethanol significantly inhibited enzyme activity. reAO-801 showed complete nematicidal activity against C. elegans stage I larvae. reAO-801 broke down the C. elegans egg shells, causing them to die or die prematurely by hatching the eggs. It also invoked degradation of Haemonchus contortus eggs, resulting in apparent changes in the morphological structure. This study demonstrated the cytotoxic effect of reAO-801, which laid the foundation for further dissecting the mechanism of nematode infestation by A. oligospora.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2003

대파 흑색썩음균핵병균 (Sclerotium cepivorum)에 길항력을 가진 Serratia plymuthica L-1의 길항 메카니즘을 조사한기 위해 S. plymuthica L-1이 생산하는 세포외 chitinase를 정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. Colloidal chitin이 함유된 배지에서 생산된 S. plymuthica L-1 chitinase는 $(NH_4)_2$$_2$$SO_2$ 40~70% precipitation, affinity adsorption, DEAE-sephadex A-50 column chromatography 및 sephadex G-200 column filtration 과정을 통하여 정제하였다. 정제된 chitinase는 7.3% 회수율과 19.8의 정제도를 나타내었으며, 전기영동시 단일밴드를 얻었으며, 분자량은 55kDa로 나타났다. 정제된 chitinase의 최적 pH 및 온도는 5.5, $55^{\circ}C$이었고, 온도안정성 조사에서 정제효소는 $50^{\circ}C$까지 90%의 잔존활성을 유지하였으나 $60^{\circ}C$이상에서는 급격하게 효소활성이 실활되었다. $Ca^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ 등의 이온은 대략 20군 이상의 효소를 활성화시켰으나 $Cu^{2+}$이온은 약 80%의 효소활성을 억제시켰고, SDS, p-CMB, MIA 등도 효소활성을 저해하는 작용을 하였으며, colloidal chitin에 대한 Km값은 3.26 mg/$m\ell$로 나타났다. 정제효소에 의한 각종 병원균에 대한 생육 억제정도는 흑색썩음균핵병균, 고추 검은무의병균, 고추 탄저병균, 도라지 줄기마름병균, 고추 흰별무늬병균, 오이 균핵병균, 수박 덩굴쪼김병균 등에는 길항력을 나타내었으나 고추 역병균과 무 모잘록병균에서는 길항력이 아주 낮게 나타났다. 정제 chitinase에 의해 대파 흑색썩음균핵병 S.. cepivorum의 균사는 팽창과 균사 끝의 용균, 분해 및 변색현상을 관찰할 수 있었고 chitinase 기능과 Iysozyme 기능을 모두 가지고 있을 것으로 추정된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.293-297
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• 2012

극지의 다양한 환경으로부터 분리되어 극지연구소 PAMC(Polar and Alpine Microbial Collection)에 보관중인 169개 균주들을 0.4% colloidal chitin이 첨가된 ZoBell 고체배지에서 배양하여 chitinase 활성을 균주 27개를 선별하였다. 그 중 PAMC 21693 균주는 저온에서 pNP-$(GlcNAc)_1$를 기질로 사용했을 때 가장 큰 활성을 보였고, $4-37^{\circ}C$의 온도 범위 중 $4^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높은 개체수 증가율을 보였다. PAMC 21693의 chitinase 유전자를 클로닝한 결과 2,619 bp의 ORF를 포함하는 총 2,857 bp의 염기서열을 확보하였다. 대장균에서 chitinase 유전자의 재조합 단백질을 발현한 결과 분자량 96 kDa의 재조합 단백질을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서는 극지 미생물 유래 저온활성 chitinase들의 생물공학 분야에서의 이용가능성을 제시하였다.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제30권B호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2010

Chitinolytic activity was enhanced by coexpression of endo-chitinase gene (chiA) and chitobiosidase gene (chiB) from Serratia marcescens KFRI314 using constitutive expression vector, pHCEIA, in E. coli. Coexpression vector was constructed by inserting ribosome binding site (RBS) into junction between two chitinase genes. SDS-PAGE analyses showed that two chitinase were constitutively expressed while E. coli clones expressing two chitinases simultaneously increased halo size on colloidal chitin plate. Furthermore, the chitinolytic activities were much enhanced in coexpressed clones when degradation patterns of substrate analogues such as 4-MU-(NAG), $4-MU-(NAG)_2$,$4-MU-(NAG)_3$ were used. Consequently, the combined use of endochitinase and chitobiosidase greatly increased overall chitinolytic activities on recombinant E. coli clones.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2002년도 총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.58.1-58
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• 2002

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1424-1431
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• 2009

전통발효식품인 새우젓으로부터 혈전과 chitin 분해력이 우수한 균을 분리하였으며 16S rRNA 염기서열 분석으로 B. licheniformis와 가장 유사한 균주임을 확인하였다. 이 균주를 B. licheniformis SC082로 명명하였고, 최적 생육조건은 $37^{\circ}C$, pH 7.0, 염 농도 6%로 확인되었다. 이 균주의 기질특이성을 조사한 결과, 우수한 혈전분해력을 나타냈으며 1% 농도의 colloidal chitin의 첨가에 의하여 chitinase 활성이 증가됨을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 지질 분해능은 없었고 약한 skim milk 분해력을 가지고 있었다. SDS-PAGE와 zymogram 분석 결과, 이 균은 혈전분해효소 isozyme과 chitinase isozyme을 생성하는 균주로 확인되었다. 그 대략적인 분자량은 각각 22.0, 66.0, 72.0 kDa과 55.0, 62.0 kDa이었다. B. licheniformis SC082 균주가 생성하는 혈전분해효소는 pH 9.0 그리고 $50^{\circ}C$까지 안정하게 유지되었고, 이와 더불어, chitinase 활성은 pH 5, $45^{\circ}C$일 때 높게 나타났다. B. licheniformis SC082 균주의 DPPH 전자공여능법에 의한 항산화력은 농도의 증가에 따라 상승되었는데 $20\;{\mu}g$의 균상등액에 대한 항산화력은 약 31%으로 나타났다.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.304-311
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• 1995

To determine whether chitinolytic enzymes from Chromobacterium violaceum C-61 play an important role in the suppression of Rhizoctonia damping-off, Tn5 insertion mutants deficient in chitinolytic activity (Chi a- mutants) were selected and their chitinolytic and disease suppression were compared with those of the parental strain. Four Chi a- mutants selected from about 2,000 transconjugants did not inhibit mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia solani on nutrient agar-potato dextrose agar (BA-PDA) and their abilities to suppress Rhizoctonia damping-off were much lower than the parental strain. However, population density in the eggplant rhizosphere did not differ significantly between the parental strain and four Chi a- mutants. The crude enzyme of the parental strain inhibited growth of R. solani on NA-PDA and its chitinase activity was much higher than that of Chi a- mutants. But the N,N' -diacetylchitobiase activity between these isolates were not significantly different. The chitinase of Chi a- mutants was defective in 2 isoforms of 52- and 37-kDa among four isoforms of 54-, 52-, 50- and 37-kDa. A Tn5 element was inserted into one site of 10 kb EcoRI fragment of chromosomal DNA in three Chi- mutants, C61-C1, -C2, and -C3. In C61-C4 mutant, a Tn5 element was inserted into two sites of 10 kb and 4.4 kb EcoRI fragments. These results suggest that the chitinase of C. violaceum C-61 play an important role in the suppression of Rhizoctonia damping-off of cucumber and eggplant.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.567-573
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• 1996

Chitinase (EC 3.2.1.14) from culture fluid of Bacillus licheniformis KFB-C14 was purified 66-folds to homogenity in overall yield of 21% by ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Toyopearl, Butyl-Toyopearl and TSK-Gel HW-55F column chromatography. The enzyme protein had a molecular weight of about 86,000 and was composed of one subunit. The enzyme was significantly stable not only at high temperature but also on treatment with organic solvents and protein denaturants such as SDS, urea and guanidine-HC1. The optimum temperature and pH for reaction was 60$\circ $C and 6.0, respectively. The enzyme activity was inhibited by only Mn$^{2+}$ ion, but not inhibited by EDTA, N- ethylmaleimide and pCMB. The enzyme had high activity with colloidal chitin (V$_{max}$: 421) and commercial chitin (V$_{max}$: 480), but not with typical substrates of exo type chitinase. The thermostable chitinase had an useful reactivity for producing functional chitooligosaccharide, showing the production of (GlcNAc)$_{1}, (GlcNAc)$_{3}$, and (GlcNAc)$_{2}$ as major product.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1169-1175
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• 2009

An antifungal chitinase, ChiCW, produced by Bacillus cereus 28-9 is effective against conidial germination of Botrytis elliptica, the causal agent of lily leaf blight. ChiCW as a modular enzyme consists of a signal peptide, a catalytic domain, a fibronectin type-III-like domain, and a chitin-binding domain. When two C-terminal domains of ChiCW were truncated, $ChiCW{\Delta}FC$ (lacking the chitin-binding domain and fibronectin type III-like domain) lost its antifungal activity. Since $ChiCW{\Delta}C$ (lacking the chitin-binding domain) could not be expressed in Escherichia coli as $ChiCW{\Delta}FC$ did, a different strategy based on protein engineering technology was designed to investigate the involvement of the chitin-binding domain of ChiCW ($ChBD_{ChiCW}$) in antifungal activity in this study. Because ChiA1 of Bacillus circulans WL-12 is a modular enzyme with a higher hydrolytic activity than ChiCW but not inhibitory to conidial germination of Bo. elliptica and the similar domain composition of ChiA1 and ChiCW, the C-terminal truncated derivatives of ChiA1 were generated and used to construct chimeric chitinases with $ChBD_{ChiCW}$. When the chitin-binding domain of ChiA1 was replaced with $ChBD_{ChiCW}$, the chimeric chitinase named ChiAAAW exhibited both high enzyme activity and antifungal activity. The results indicate that $ChBD_{ChiCW}$ may play an important role in the antifungal activity of ChiCW.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.303-307
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• 1996

The degree of autolysis and presence of cell-wall degrading enzymes in an anaerobic ruminal fungus, Piromyces communis OTSI, grown in liquid medium, was monitored to evaluate the effect of self-digestion on fungal biomass. After a 30 days incubation period fungal dry weight decreased by 45% and the cell wall component chitin decreased by 22%. Chitinase activity detected in the supernatant was mainly of the endotype and peaked at day 6 of the incubation. ${\beta}-1$, 3-glucanase was detected from day 4 and increased throughout the incubation period. Autolysis was a slow process, and under natural conditions it is unlikely that it plays a significant role in the degradation of the spent fungal vegetative stage in the rumen.