Glycoside hydrolase family 18 chitinases: The known and the unknown

W Chen, X Jiang, Q Yang - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Glycoside hydrolase family 18 (GH18) chitinases, which catalyze the
biodegradation of β-1, 4 glycosidic bond in amino polysaccharides via a substrate-assisted …

Categories and biomanufacturing methods of glucosamine

Q Ma, X Gao - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Glucosamine (GlcN) is an amine sugar, in which a hydroxyl group of glucose is replaced
with an amino group. It is an important part of the polysaccharides chitin and chitosan and is …

A Broad-Specificity Chitinase from Penicillium oxalicum k10 Exhibits Antifungal Activity and Biodegradation Properties of Chitin

XH Xie, X Fu, XY Yan, WF Peng, LX Kang - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Penicillium oxalicum k10 isolated from soil revealed the hydrolyzing ability of shrimp chitin
and antifungal activity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The k10 chitinase was produced …

A potent chitinase from Bacillus subtilis for the efficient bioconversion of chitin-containing wastes

D Wang, A Li, H Han, T Liu, Q Yang - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioconversion of chitin-containing waste to N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) is of economic
interest. Highly efficient chitinases are thus desirable. Bacillus subtilis is a well-known …

Cloning, characterization and substrate degradation mode of a novel chitinase from Streptomyces albolongus ATCC 27414

L Gao, J Sun, F Secundo, X Gao, C Xue, X Mao - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel chitinase gene was cloned from Streptomyces albolongus ATCC 27414, and
expressed successfully in Escherichia coli BL21. The recombinant enzyme (SaChiA4) …

Molecular characterization of a novel chitinase CmChi1 from Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis SYBC-H1 and its use in N-acetyl-d-glucosamine production

A Zhang, Y He, G Wei, J Zhou, W Dong, K Chen… - Biotechnology for …, 2018 - Springer
Background N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) possesses many bioactivities that have been
used widely in many fields. The enzymatic production of GlcNAc is eco-friendly, with high …

Artificial in vitro synthetic enzymatic biosystem for the one-pot sustainable biomanufacturing of glucosamine from starch and inorganic ammonia

D Meng, X Wei, X Bai, W Zhou, C You - Acs Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Glucosamine is a naturally occurring bioactive amino monosaccharide which is widely used
in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. It is traditionally produced by acid …

[HTML][HTML] Damping chitin hydrogels by harnessing insect-cuticle-inspired hierarchical structures

F Yuan, XX Zhang, K Wu, Z Li, Y Lin, X Liang… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Nature builds complex and well-organized biomaterial structures from limited components
that exhibit unparalleled mechanical properties. However, reproducing the mechanical …

Lynamicin B is a potential pesticide by acting as a lepidoptera-exclusive chitinase inhibitor

Q Lu, L Xu, L Liu, Y Zhou, T Liu, Y Song… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Insect group h chitinase is a promising target for designing non-target safe pesticides in that
it is exclusively distributed in lepidopteran insects, over 80% of which are agricultural pests …

Production of Thermophilic Chitinase by Paenibacillus sp. TKU052 by Bioprocessing of Chitinous Fishery Wastes and Its Application in N-acetyl-D-glucosamine …

CT Doan, TN Tran, SL Wang - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bioprocessing of chitinous fishery wastes (CFWs) to chitinases through fermentation
approaches has gained importance owing to its great benefits in reducing the enzyme …