title: Activity of chitin deacetylase from Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on chitinous substrates.
abstract: Production of chitin deacetylases from the phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was successfully achieved by submerged fermentation. The highest specific activity of 0.018 U mg(-1) of protein was obtained after 96 h of cultivation at pH 6 and 28°C. Two bands with molecular weights of 35 kDa and 170 kDa determined with SDS-PAGE displayed deacetylase activities as detected in the zymograms. Reacetylated commercial chitosan (52% acetylation degree) was used as substrate for the extracellular crude extract in order to estimate the kinetic parameters of acetate production as undirected deacetylation measurement. The highest acetate production of 12.8 μmol mL(-1) was obtained using 7.5 mg mL(-1) of substrate. The produced enzyme from C. gloeosporioides achieved up to 25% deacetylation of a chitin substrate (hydrolyzed biological chitin) having 80% degree of acetylation, MW of 102×10(3) g mol(-1) and a crystallinity index of ca. 60%.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Biotechnology Department, Laboratory of Biopolymers, Av. San Rafael Atlixco No. 186, Col. Vicentina, CP 09340, México City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Neith
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trombotto
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirai
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D002686:Chitin / Q000378:metabolism*; D020231:Colletotrichum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005285:Fermentation; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D002686:Chitin; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C019866:chitin deacetylase