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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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.
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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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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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Structure and function of a broad-specificity chitin deacetylase from Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4 [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Enzymatic conversion of chitin, a β-1,4 linked polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, is of major interest in areas varying from the biorefining of chitin-rich waste streams to understanding how medically relevant fungi remodel their chitin-containing cell ...
Zhanliang Liu +9 more
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Characterization of the Specific Mode of Action of a Chitin Deacetylase and Separation of the Partially Acetylated Chitosan Oligosaccharides [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2019 Partially acetylated chitosan oligosaccharides (COS), which consists of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and glucosamine (GlcN) residues, is a structurally complex biopolymer with a variety of biological activities.
Xian-Yu Zhu +5 more
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Screening and Enzymatic-producing Study of Chitin Deacetylase Producing Bacteria-Lysinibacillus sp.
Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022 In order to biodegrade natural chitin, in this study, chitin was used as the sole carbon source, obtain chitin deacetylase strains which could produce chitosan from natural chitin by biological method.
Xin MENG +4 more
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The influence of selected ionic liquids on activity of chitin deacetylase
Chemical and Process Engineering, 2016 Chitin deacetylase is the only known enzyme which is able to deacetylate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units in chitin or chitosan chains. As chitin can hardly be dissolved in organic/inorganic solvents, new solvents are still searched.
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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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