Purificação e caracterização da quitinase de uva (Vitis vinífera L. cv Red Globe) para a produção de quitosana a partir de quitina de camarão

Chitinase is produced by a wide variety of plants as a defense against peste attacks. In this study, grape chitinases were purified 16 times by fractionation in 80% ammonium sulfate followed by dialysis and filtration. Purified chitinases exhibited enzymatic activity toward chitin azure. The yield o...

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Main Authors: Laidson Paes Gomes, Carlos Ivan Ribeiro de Oliveira, Márcia Cristina da Silva, Cristina Tristão de Andrade, Eduardo Mere Del Aguila, Joab Trajano Silva, Vânia M. Flosi Paschoalin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2010-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000900012&lng=en&tlng=en