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Literature summary for 3.2.1.14 extracted from

  • Bhushan, B.
    Production and characterization of a thermostable chitinase from a new alkalophilic Bacillus sp. BG-11 (2000), J. Appl. Microbiol., 88, 800-808.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
survives 10 freezings and thawings without loss of activity. Retains 90% and 80% of its activity in presence of trypsin and rennilase respectively Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
chitobiose
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
chitotriose
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
D-galactosamine
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
D-glucosamine
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
N-acetylglucosamine
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
54.29
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chitin in N-acetylglucasmine equivalents Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
41000
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x * 41000, SDS-PAGE Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
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BG-11
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) BG-11
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BG-11
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
16fold Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
-
Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
4°C, 8 weeks: no loss of activity, 10 weeks: 80% of activity remains in presence of NaN3, sodium metabisulfite or NaCl, 25°C, 4 weeks: no loss of activity in presence of NaN3, sodium metabisulfite or NaCl and glycerol, 8 weeks: 75% of activity remains in presence of NaN3, sodium metabisulfite or NaCl and glycerol Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
chitin + H2O swollen chitin Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) N,N-diacetylchitobiose + N-acetylglucosamine N-acetylglucosamine only ?
chitin + H2O swollen chitin Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) BG-11 N,N-diacetylchitobiose + N-acetylglucosamine N-acetylglucosamine only ?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
? x * 41000, SDS-PAGE Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
45 55 immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
70
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half life 90 min at 70°C, immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
80
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half life 70 min at 80°C, immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
90
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half life 60 min at 90°C, immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.5 9 immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
3 4 immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)

pH Stability

pH Stability pH Stability Maximum Comment Organism
5 10 immobilized chitinase Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
6 9 free enzyme Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)