Secretion of chitinase by Aphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust.
Aphanocladium album, a hyperparasite of wheat rust, Puccinia graminis var. tritici, secretes chitinase when grown on a chitin-containing medium. This enzyme was purified and shown to attack the mycelium of the parasitized rust fungus.
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000502:physiology; D002688:Chitinases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology*; D010935:Plant Diseases; D013172:Spores, Fungal; D014908:Triticum / Q000469:parasitology*
D005656:Fungal Proteins; D002688:Chitinases