Gene Review:
chiA - periplasmic endochitinase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK3325, JW3300, yheB
- The ChiA (YheB) protein of Escherichia coli K-12 is an endochitinase whose gene is negatively controlled by the nucleoid-structuring protein H-NS. Francetic, O., Badaut, C., Rimsky, S., Pugsley, A.P. Mol. Microbiol. (2000)
- Molecular cloning, structural analysis, and expression in Escherichia coli of a chitinase gene from Enterobacter agglomerans. Chernin, L.S., De la Fuente, L., Sobolev, V., Haran, S., Vorgias, C.E., Oppenheim, A.B., Chet, I. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1997)
- Introduction of the Serratia marcescens chiA gene into an endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescens for the biocontrol of phytopathogenic fungi. Downing, K.J., Thomson, J.A. Can. J. Microbiol. (2000)
- Purification, characterization, and primary structure of a chitinase from Pseudomonas sp. YHS-A2. Lee, H.S., Han, D.S., Choi, S.J., Choi, S.W., Kim, D.S., Bai, D.H., Yu, J.H. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2000)
- Activity of Serratia plymuthica IC1270 gene chiA promoter region in Escherichia coli mutants deficient in global regulators of transcription. Khmel, I.A., Ovadis, M.I., Mayatskaya, A.V., Veselovskii, A.M., Bass, I.A., Lipasova, V.A., Bolshoy, A., Chet, I., Chernin, L.S. J. Basic Microbiol. (2005)
- Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a Chitinase from the Chitinolytic Bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila Strain SUWA-9. Lan, X., Zhang, X., Hu, J., Shimosaka, M. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (2006)
- Cloning and Expression of a Chitinase Gene from Sanguibacter sp. C4. Tao, Y., Jin, H., Long, Z.F., Zhang, L., Ding, X.Q., Tao, K., Liu, S.G. Yi Chuan Xue Bao (2006)