Expression of Genetically Engineered Chitinase Gene of Pyrococcus furiosus
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Wild-type Pyrococcus furiosus is most likely unable to grow on chitin in the natural biotope due to a nucleotide insertion which separates the chitinase gene into two ORFs, whereas a genetically engineered strain with the deleted nucleotide is able to grow on chitin. In the latest studies, the recombinant enzyme activity against the crystal chitins was examined. But there are still some conflictions. In our study, to shed a light on whether the construct composed of a catalytic domain and a chitin binding domain show any activity against crystalline chitin, the construct was created in the pET 28b (+) expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli. The chitinase with an approximately 55 kDa molecular weight was determined. The activity of the enzyme was measured spectrophotometrically. Despite the presence of enzyme activity against the colloidal chitin, no significant activity against the crystal chitin has been measured.
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