Research Topics

Genomes and Genes

Gene Symbol: BA_0385

Description: chitinase

Alias: BA0385

Species: Bacillus anthracis str. Ames

Products: BA_0385

Mabuchi N, Araki Y. Cloning and sequencing of two genes encoding chitinases A and B from Bacillus cereus CH. Can J Microbiol. 2001;47:895-902 pubmed

..The primary structures of these two proteins were not similar to each other. ..
Driss F, Kallassy Awad M, Zouari N, Jaoua S. Molecular characterization of a novel chitinase from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. J Appl Microbiol. 2005;99:945-53 pubmed

..coli. The addition of the sequence of chi255 to the few sequenced B. thuringiensis chi genes might contribute to a better investigation of the chitinase 'structure-function' relation. ..
Barboza Corona J, Nieto Mazzocco E, Vel zquez Robledo R, Salcedo Hernandez R, Bautista M, Jim nez B, et al. Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the chitinase gene chiA74 from Bacillus thuringiensis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003;69:1023-9 pubmed

..79 and 6.34. The optimal temperature was estimated at 57.2 degrees C when tested at pH 6. The potential use of ChiA74 as a synergistic agent, along with the B. thuringiensis insecticidal Cry proteins, is discussed...