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A broad pH range and processive chitinase from a metagenome library

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Published in 2017 at "Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research"

DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20165658

Abstract: Chitinases are hydrolases that degrade chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine linked β(1-4) present in the exoskeleton of crustaceans, insects, nematodes and fungal cell walls. A metagenome fosmid library from a wastewater-contaminated soil was functionally screened… read more here.

Keywords: range; chitinase; colloidal chitin; chitin ... See more keywords