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:Plant chitinase hydrolyzing β-1,4-glycosidic linkages of chitin are major enzymes acting in plant-microbe interactions and are involved in self-defense against fungal pathogens. Chitosanases from soil bacteria are also involved in plant defense by hydrolyzing chitosan components of the fungal cell wall. The crystal structures of these enzymes in complex with their substrates have been solved, and the mechanisms of substrate binding were elucidated at the atomic level. These findings enabled us to speculate on the enzyme targets under physiological conditions, leading us to define the physiological roles of the enzymes. The structures and functions of chitin/chitosan-binding modules appended to modular chitinases/chitosanases were analyzed by NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and the enzymes were found to form an appropriate modular organization to fulfill their roles in plant-microbe interactions.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Fukamizo T,Shinya Sdoi
10.1007/978-981-13-7318-3_12subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
253-272eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
1142pub_type
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