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Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj ; 1867(1): 130249, 2023 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36183893

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Chitinases are enzymes that degrade chitin, a polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of insects, fungi, yeast, and internal structures of other vertebrates. Although chitinases isolated from bacteria, fungi and plants have been reported to have antifungal or insecticide activities, chitinases from insects with these activities have been seldomly reported. In this study, a leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens DNA fragment containing 1623 base pairs was amplified and cloned into a vector to express the protein (AsChtII-C4B1) in Pichia pastoris. AsChtII-C4B1, which contains one catalytic domain and one carbohydrate-binding module (CBM), was secreted to the extracellular medium and purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by nickel column chromatography. AsChtII-C4B1 showed maximum activity at pH 5.0 and 55 °C when tested against colloidal chitin substrate and maintained >60% of its maximal activity in different temperatures during 48 h. AsChtII-C4B1 decreased the survival of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae fed with an artificial diet that contained AsChtII-C4B1. Our results have indicated that AsChtII-C4B1 has a higher effect on larva-pupa than larva-larva molts. AsChtII-C4B1 activity targets more specifically the growth of filamentous fungus than yeast. This work describes, for the first time, the obtaining a recombinant chitinase from ants and the characterization of its insecticidal and antifungal activities.


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Hormigas , Quitinasas , Animales , Antifúngicos/química , Hormigas/enzimología , Hormigas/genética , Hormigas/metabolismo , Quitina/química , Quitinasas/química , Quitinasas/genética , Quitinasas/farmacología , Clonación Molecular , Hongos/metabolismo , Insecticidas/farmacología , Larva/efectos de los fármacos , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/efectos de los fármacos , Spodoptera/efectos de los fármacos , Catálisis , Dominio Catalítico
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