Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus, lyophilized powder (essentially salt free), >=200 units/g solid

Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus, lyophilized powder (essentially salt free), >=200 units/g solid

Application

Agriculture fields: control pathogens. Human health care: Asthma. Pharma: preparation of chitooligosaccharides and N-acetyl D glucosamine, Preparation of single-cell protein Isolation of protoplasts from fungi and yeast Control of pathogenic fungi Treatment of chitinous waste, mosquito control and morphogenesis

Biochem/physiol Actions

Chitinase is an extracellular enzyme complex that degrades chitin and has a molecular mass of approximately 30 kDa. Chitin is degraded to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in 2 enzymatic reactions. Firstly, chitobiose units are removed from chitin by chitodextrinase-chitinase. The second reaction involves N-acetyl-glucosaminidase-chitobiase, which cleaves the disaccharide to its monomer subunits (that comprise of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine). The optimum reaction temperature is 37 °C.

Features and Benefits

Chitinase is an extracellular complex of enzymes that degrade chitin. It is a lytic enzyme suitable for fungal cell walls lysis.

General description

Chitinase is an extracellular complex of enzymes that degrade chitin. Chitin is a cell wall component of Fungi and exoskeketal essentials of different organisms which reshape their own chitin or digest/dissolve the chitin of other organisms (insects, fungi, yeast, and algae, and in the internal structures of other vertebrates) . Chitinases have been detected in many microorganisms and in plants. In fungi, chitinases assist in morphogenesis, to break down the inherent chitin content of fungal cell walls. Plant chitinases help in resistance to fungal attack and counteracting fungal growth, by targeting those same fungal cell walls. In bacteria, bacterial chitinases assist in utilizing chitin as a carbon source and as an energy source.Streptomyces griseus produces multiple chitinases of different molecular masses after growth induction with chitin as the carbon source. The enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine involves two consecutive enzyme reactions: •The first reaction, chitodextrinase-chitinase, is a poly(β-(1→4)-[2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucoside])- glycanohydrolase, which removes chitobiose units from chitin. •The second activity is N-acetyl-glucosaminidasechitobiase, which cleaves the disaccharide to its monomer subunits, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.

Packaging

5, 25, 50 units in glass bottle

Unit Definition

One unit will liberate 1.0 mg of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine from chitin per hour at pH 6.0 at 25 °C in a 2 hour assay.One new 1 hour unit = approx. 50 old 48 hour units.

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Code Description Quality Level Manufacturer Storage Temp. Solubility Form Price Quantity
3579234 Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus, lyophilized powder (essentially salt free), >=200 units/g solid 300 SIGMA-ALDRICH −20°C H2O: soluble 0.90-1.10 mg/mL lyophilized powder (essentially salt free)
£337.07 (exc VAT) per EACH
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3579235 Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus, lyophilized powder (essentially salt free), >=200 units/g solid 300 SIGMA-ALDRICH −20°C H2O: soluble 0.90-1.10 mg/mL lyophilized powder (essentially salt free)
£589.18 (exc VAT) per EACH
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3579236 Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus, lyophilized powder (essentially salt free), >=200 units/g solid 300 SIGMA-ALDRICH −20°C H2O: soluble 0.90-1.10 mg/mL lyophilized powder (essentially salt free)
£101.54 (exc VAT) per EACH
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