chitinase

Yale University scientists found high levels of an enzyme called chitinase, produced by the immune system, soar in mice with asthma-like disease.

The Pill turns fifty: are we having fun yet? 2010

Scientists found that levels of an enzyme called chitinase soar in mice bred to have an asthma-like disease.

The Pill turns fifty: are we having fun yet? 2010

Studies of lung tissue from humans with asthma also revealed high levels of chitinase.

The Pill turns fifty: are we having fun yet? 2010

For example, two trehalase genes, two chitin synthase genes, and 13 to 16 chitinase-related genes have been identified thus far in insects

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jie Chen et al. 2010

The chitinase genes in Tribolium castaneum differ in their expression patterns during development and in different tissues, and genes in different groups have different functions

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jie Chen et al. 2010

The stuff is fireproof, stronger than wood, and lighter, but ultimately biodegrades (in the presence of bacteria with chitinase, I guess).

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Zhu QS, Arakane Y, Beeman RW, Kramer KJ, Muthukrishnan S (2008) Functional specialization among insect chitinase family genes revealed by RNA interference.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jie Chen et al. 2010

SecGFP is a secreted form of GFP that is fused to the chitinase signal peptide at its N-terminus and to HDEL, ER-retention signal, at its C-terminus and has been used in analysis of protein trafficking

PLoS Biology: New Articles Ora Hazak et al. 2010

Zhu Q, Arakane Y, Banerjee D, Beeman RW, Kramer KJ, et al. (2008) Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of the chitinase-like family of proteins in three species of insects.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jie Chen et al. 2010

T. castaneum, the two chitin synthase genes and chitinase family genes have distinctly different functions

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jie Chen et al. 2010