Chitin-binding protein

Fig. 3. The scheme of the precipitates formed by the crude protein extracts of plants of the groups monocotyledons (1-11, table 1) and dicotyledons (12-23 table 1) with antibodies against wheat chitin-binding proteins (I) and with antibodies against wheat anionic PO (H).

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W. F. Broekaert, W. Marien, F. R. Terras, M. F. De Bolle, P. Proost, J. van Damme, L. Dillen, M. Claeys, S. B. Rees, and J. Vanderleyden, Antimicrobial peptides from Amaranthus caudatus seeds with sequence homology to the cysteine glycine rich domain of chitin-binding proteins. Biochemistry, 31 (1992) 4308-4314. 

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The bacterium, Serratia marcescens, is one of the most extensively studied multiple chitinases producer (Horn et al. 2006 Suzuki et al. 2002 Vaaje-Kolstad et al. 2005). This bacterium possesses three chitinases ChiA, ChiB, and ChiC, as well as one chitin-binding protein CBP21. ChiC often occurs in two forms in cultures of this bacterium the complete protein, sometimes called ChiCl, and a proteolytically truncated variant, called ChiC2, which lacks the two putative chitin-binding domains. ChiC is suggested as an endo-chitinase and degrade chitin in a nonprogressive mode. 

Vaaje-Kolstad, G., Horn, S. J., van Aalten, D. M., Synstad, B., and Eijsink, V. G. 2005. The non-catalytic chitin-binding protein CBP21 from Serratia marcescens is essential for chitin degradation. J Biol Chem 280 28492-28497. 

Matsuda Y, Koshiba T., Osaki T. et al. 2007. An arthropod cuticular chitin-binding protein endows injured sites with transglutaminase-dependent mesh. J Biol Chem 282 37316-37324. 

PRUZZO c, CRIPPA A, BERTONE s, PANE L and CARU A (1996) Attachment of Vibrio alginolyticus to chitin mediated by chitin-binding proteins. Microbiology-UK, 142, 2181-2186. 

Vaaje-Kolstad, G Horn, SJ van Aalten, DMF Synstad, B Eijsink, VGH. The Non-cataiytic Chitin-binding Protein CBP21 from Serratia marcescens Is Essentiai for Chitin Degradation. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005, 280(31), 28492-7. 

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