INDUCTION OF THE TRICHODERMA-HARZIANUM CHITINOLYTIC SYSTEM IS TRIGGERED BY THE CHITIN MONOMER, N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE

Authors
SCHICKLER H HARAN S OPPENHEIM A CHET I
Citation
H. Schickler et al., INDUCTION OF THE TRICHODERMA-HARZIANUM CHITINOLYTIC SYSTEM IS TRIGGERED BY THE CHITIN MONOMER, N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE, Mycological research, 102, 1998, pp. 1224-1226
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Mycological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09537562
Volume
102
Year of publication
1998
Part
10
Pages
1224 - 1226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-7562(1998)102:<1224:IOTTCS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Chitin, an insoluble polymer, induces the chitinolytic system of Trich oderma harzianum, which is made up of two N-acetylglucosaminidases and four endochitinases. Only one N-acetylglucosaminidase, CHIT 102, was found to exhibit extracellular basal activity. The initial inducer of the chitinolytic system was found to be the chitin monomer N-acetylglu cosamine, which preferentially induces CHIT 102.