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Overexpression, purification, and characterization of Paenibacillus cell surface-expressed chitinase ChiW with two catalytic domains.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Jan 2014
Itoh Takafumi, Sugimoto Ikumi, Hibi Takao, Suzuki Fumiko, Matsuo Koichi, Fujii Yutaka, Taketo Akira, Kimoto Hisashi
Abstract excerpt
Paenibacillus sp. strain FPU-7 produces several different chitinases and effectively hydrolyzes robust chitin. Among the P. FPU-7 chitinases, ChiW, a novel monomeric chitinase with a molecular mass of 150 kDa, is expressed as a cell surface molecule. Here, we report that active ChiW lacking the anchoring domains in the N-terminus was successfully overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The...
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