Journal
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 70, Issue 7, Pages 1696-1701Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60031
Keywords
archaea; Thermococcus kodakaraensis; thermostable; N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
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Chitinase [EC 3.2.1.14] is an enzyme that can hydrolyze the beta-1,4 linkage between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in chitin. In the genome database of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, we found two adjacent genes (PF1233 and PF1234) homologous to those of the chitinase of Thermococcus kodakaraensis. In the cultured medium of P. furiosus, however, no chitinase activity was detected. On analysis of the structural gene of P. furiosus, it appears that one nucleotide insertion in PF1234 caused a frame shift and separated a gene. By deletion of one nucleotide in PF1234, the best match was achieved between chitinases of T. kodakaraenesis and P. furiosus. We succeeded in constructing an artificial recombinant chitinase exhibiting hydrolytic activity toward not only colloidal but also crystalline chitins at high temperature. Furthermore, by analyzing the characteristics of the domains, a recombinant enzyme comprising two domains exhibiting high activity toward crystalline chitin was prepared.
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