Novel Chitin Deacetylase from Thalassiosira weissflogii Highlights the Potential for Chitin Derivative Production [PDF]
Metabolites, 2023 β-Chitin is an important carbon fixation product of diatoms, and is the most abundant nitrogen-containing polysaccharide in the ocean. It has potential for widespread application, but the characterization of chitin-related enzymes from β-chitin producers
Mengzhen Cheng +5 more
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A Novel Potent Crystalline Chitin Decomposer: Chitin Deacetylase from Acinetobacter schindleri MCDA01 [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Chitosan is a functional ingredient that is widely used in food chemistry as an emulsifier, flocculant, antioxidant, or preservative. Chitin deacetylases (CDAs) can catalyze the hydrolysis of acetyl groups, making them useful in the clean production of ...
Guang Yang +7 more
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Expression and Molecular Modification of Chitin Deacetylase from Streptomyces bacillaris [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Chitin deacetylase can be used in the green and efficient preparation of chitosan from chitin. Herein, a novel chitin deacetylase SbCDA from Streptomyces bacillaris was heterologously expressed and comprehensively characterized.
Lili Yin +3 more
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Isolation and screening of a chitin deacetylase producing Bacillus cereus and its potential for chitosan preparation [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Chitosan is a biopolymer material extracted from marine biomass waste such as shrimp and crab shells, which has good biocompatibility and degradability with great potential for application in the field of wastewater treatment and soil remediation.
Yingying Zhang +5 more
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Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by a New Fungal Chitin-Binding Effector Resulting from Alternative Splicing of a Chitin Deacetylase Gene [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Phytopathogenic fungi have evolved mechanisms to manipulate plant defences, such as chitin-triggered immunity, a plant defensive response based on the recognition of chitin oligomers by plant-specific receptors.
Jesús M. Martínez-Cruz +8 more
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Isolation, characterization, and genome sequencing of a novel chitin deacetylase producing Bacillus aryabhattai TCI-16 [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Chitin deacetylase (CDA) is a chitin degradation enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of chitin to chitosan by the deacetylation of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, playing an important role in the high-value utilization of waste chitin.
Ying-yin Liang +13 more
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Development of a fluorescence-based excipient screening for improved stability and shelf-life of recombinant chitin deacetylase [PDF]
Biochemistry and Biophysics ReportsChitin deacetylase (CDA) modifies chitin into chitosan by removing acetyl groups, but its inherent instability poses a challenge for successful crystallisation.
Goutam Mohan Pawaskar, Ritu Raval
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Chitin Deacetylase, a Novel Target for the Design of Agricultural Fungicides [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Fungicide resistance is a serious problem for agriculture. This is particularly apparent in the case of powdery mildew fungi. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new agrochemicals.
Jesús M. Martínez-Cruz +6 more
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Enhanced Chitin Deacetylase Production Ability of Rhodococcus equi CGMCC14861 by Co-culture Fermentation With Staphylococcus sp. MC7 [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Chitin deacetylase (CDA) can hydrolyze the acetamido group of chitin polymers and its deacetylated derivatives to produce chitosan, an industrially important biopolymer.
Qinyuan Ma +9 more
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Characterization of novel cold-active chitin deacetylase for green production of bioactive chitosan [PDF]
AMB ExpressA Novel cold-active chitin deacetylase from Shewanella psychrophila WP2 (SpsCDA) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and employed for deacetylation of chitin to chitosan.
Mohamed N. Abd El-Ghany +6 more
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