Cloning and high-level production of a chitinase from Chromobacterium sp. and the role of conserved or nonconserved residues on its catalytic activity.

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A gene encoding an alkaline (pI of 8.67) chitinase was cloned and sequenced from Chromobacterium sp. strain C-61. The gene was composed of 1,611 nucleotides and encoded a signal sequence of 26 N-terminal amino acids and a mature protein of 510 amino acids. Two chitinases of 54 and 52 kDa from both recombinant Escherichia coli and C-61 were detected on SDS-PAGE. Maximum chitinase activity was obtained in the...

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