title: Purification, characterization, and cDNA cloning of rice class III chitinase.
abstract: Several chitinases were expressed in a rice cell suspension culture and detected in the medium. One of them, designated as RCB4, was isolated 248 fold from the culture filtrate to homogeneity by 70% ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose, Sephadex G-75 column chromatography, and native gel slicing. RCB4 had a molecular mass of 32 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optimum temperature was 40 degrees C, and 96% of its activity still remained at 60 degrees C. The optimum pH was 4, and 95% of its activity was maintained at pH 2. Using a substrate (GlcNAc)6, the Km and Vmax values of RCB4 were 0.53 mM and 11.1 mM/min, respectively. The N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences of RCB4 were determined to be VNSNLFRDYIGA and MALWA, respectively. A cDNA (C12523) clone that contained the N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences of RCB4 was obtained, sequenced, and renamed RCB41. RCB41 encoded 307 amino acid protein with a signal peptide of 25 amino acids and showed a 45% similarity to gladiolus chitinase GBC-a, one of the class III chitinase family. The expression of RCB4l in E. coli showed that RCB41 encodes a chitinase.
authors.affiliation: School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Cheol-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Min-Young
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Joong-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ah
authors.forename: Do-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Su-Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002688:Chitinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002688:Chitinases; C110892:chitinase, class III