Isolation, characterisation, and genome sequencing of Rhodococcus equi: a novel strain producing chitin deacetylase.

ABSTRACT: Chitin deacetylase (CDA) can hydrolyse the acetamido group of chitin polymers to produce chitosans, which are used in various fields including the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, food production, agriculture, and water treatment. CDA represents a more environmentally-friendly and easier to control alternative to the chemical methods currently utilised to produce chitosans from chitin; however, the majority of identified CDAs display activity toward low-molecular-weight oligomers and are essentially inactive toward polymeric chitin or chitosans. Therefore, it is important to identify novel CDAs with activity toward polymeric chitin and chitosans. In this study, we isolated the bacterium Rhodococcus equi F6 from a soil sample and showed that it expresses a novel CDA (ReCDA), whose

SUBMITTER: Ma Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062688 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature