Specific Inhibition ofBombyx moriChitinase by Allosamidin
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 51 (2), 471-476
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1987.10868036
Abstract
Allosamidin, a product of Streptomyces sp. No 1713, inhibited Bombyx mori chitinase specifically in a competitive way with a Ki o f about 0.1 μm. The effect of allosamidin on chitinases from r Streptomyces griseus and Serratia marcescens was weaker, about 1/500 that on B. mori chitinase. Allosamidin did not inhibit yam chitinase, lysozymes of hen egg-white or human urine, or B. mori α-N-acetyl-d-glucosaminidase. The results suggest that allosamidin is a specific inhibitor of the insect chitinase.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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