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Genetic element
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last updated: 03 Mar 2017
Endochitinase 2 gene
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26 kDa Endochitinase 2EN
CS-chi2-HORVO
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Protein coding sequence
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BCH-ORGA-SCBD-12110-5 Organism Hordeum vulgare (Barley, HORVU)Crops
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26 kDa endochitinase 2
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Endochitinases randomly hydrolyse internal β-1,4-linkages of chitin, releasing oligomers of GlcNAc. Chitin is not present in plant cells, but is a major component of the cell walls of many filamentous, possibly pathogenic, fungi. The presence of endochitinase is therefore part of the plant's defence system against fungal pathogens as it leads to a disruption in the fungal cell wall formation together with beta-1,3-glucanases.
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- Leah et al. (1991): Biochemical and molecular characterization of three barley seed proteins with antifungal properties. J Biol Chem. 266(3):1564-1573. [ English ]
- Heterologous expression and characterization of wild-type and mutant forms of a 26 kDa endochitinase from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) [ English ]
| Record type | Field | Record(s) | |
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| Living Modified Organism | Introduced or modified genetic element(s) | 2 | |
| Living Modified Organism | Genetic elements construct | 2 | |
