Tsujibo H, Minoura K, Miyamoto K, Endo H, Moriwaki M, Inamori Y
Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 Feb;59(2):620-2. doi: 10.1128/aem.59.2.620-622.1993.
A chitinase was purified from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces thermoviolaceus OPC-520. The enzyme showed a high optimum temperature (70 to 80 degrees C), a high optimum pH level (8.0 to 10.0), and heat stability. This enzyme showed high sequence homology with chitinases from Serratia marcescens QMB1466 and Bacillus circulans WL-12.