Protein Information

Name chitinase
Synonyms CHI 3; CHI3; CHIT; CHIT 1; CHIT1; Chitinase; Chitinase 1; Chitotriosidase…

Compound Information

Name hydrogen cyanide
CAS hydrocyanic acid

Reference List

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18172718 Indiragandhi P, Anandham R, Madhaiyan M, Sa TM: Characterization of plant growth-promoting traits of bacteria isolated from larval guts of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (lepidoptera: plutellidae). Curr Microbiol. 2008 Apr;56(4):327-33. Epub 2008 Jan 3.

All of the strains tested positive for nitrogen fixation and indole 3-acetic acid (IAA) and salicylic acid production but negative for hydrogen cyanide and pectinase production.
In addition, five of the isolates exhibited significant levels of tricalcium phosphate and zinc oxide solubilization; six isolates were able to oxidize sulfur in growth media; and four isolates tested positive for chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase activities.
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9721280 Chernin LS, Winson MK, Thompson JM, Haran S, Bycroft BW, Chet I, Williams P, Stewart GS: Chitinolytic activity in Chromobacterium violaceum: substrate analysis and regulation by quorum sensing. J Bacteriol. 1998 Sep;180(17):4435-41.

In Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 31532 a number of phenotypic characteristics, including production of the purple pigment violacein, hydrogen cyanide, antibiotics, and exoproteases are known to be regulated by the endogenous AHL N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (HHL).
Growth of this mutant on minimal medium with chitin supplemented with culture supernatant from the C. violaceum wild-type strain or 10 microM synthetic HHL restored chitinase production to the level shown by the parental strain.
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16885472 Kay E, Humair B, Denervaud V, Riedel K, Spahr S, Eberl L, Valverde C, Haas D: Two GacA-dependent small RNAs modulate the quorum-sensing response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 2006 Aug;188(16):6026-33.

An rsmY rsmZ double mutant and a gacA mutant were similarly impaired in the synthesis of the quorum-sensing signal N-butanoyl-homoserine lactone, the disulfide bond-forming enzyme DsbA, and the exoproducts hydrogen cyanide, pyocyanin, elastase, chitinase (ChiC), and chitin-binding protein (CbpD).
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15160609 Nagarajkumar M, Bhaskaran R, Velazhahan R: Involvement of secondary metabolites and extracellular lytic enzymes produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens in inhibition of Rhizoctonia solani, the rice sheath blight pathogen. Microbiol Res. 2004;159(1):73-81.

Production of chitinase, beta-1,3-glucanase, siderophores, salicylic acid (SA) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) by P. fluorescens strains was evaluated.
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16832725 Pandey A, Trivedi P, Kumar B, Palni LM: Characterization of a phosphate solubilizing and antagonistic strain of Pseudomonas putida (B0) isolated from a sub-alpine location in the Indian Central Himalaya. Curr Microbiol. 2006 Aug;53(2):102-7. Epub 2006 Jul 10.

The isolate also exhibited antifungal activity against phytopathogenic fungi in Petri dish assays and produced chitinase, ss-l,3-glucanase, salicylic acid, siderophore, and hydrogen cyanide.
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16843655 Verma R, Naosekpam AS, Kumar S, Prasad R, Shanmugam V: Influence of soil reaction on diversity and antifungal activity of fluorescent pseudomonads in crop rhizospheres. Bioresour Technol. 2007 May;98(7):1346-52. Epub 2006 Jul 14.

Two isolates with maximum chitinase production showed antagonism.
The bacterial populations in general lacked the ability to produce deleterious traits such as cellulase, pectinase and hydrogen cyanide.
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