Chitinous material bioconversion by three new chitinases from the yeast Mestchnikowia pulcherrima.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chitinases are widely distributed enzymes that perform the biotransformation of chitin, one of the most abundant polysaccharides on the biosphere, into useful value-added chitooligosaccharides (COS) with a wide variety of biotechnological applications in food, health, and agricultural fields. One of the most important group of enzymes involved in the degradation of chitin comprises the glycoside hydrolase family 18 (GH18), which harbours endo- and exo-enzymes that act synergistically to depolymerize chitin. The secretion of a chitinase activity from the ubiquitous yeast Mestchnikowia pulcherrima and their involvement in the post-harvest biological control of fungal pathogens was previously reported.

Results

Three new chitinases from M. pulcherrima, MpChit35, MpChi

SUBMITTER: Minguet-Lobato M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799394 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature