Chitinase

Chitinase
Chitinase from barley seeds
chitinase, acidic
Identifiers
Symbol CHIA
Entrez 27159
HUGO 17432
OMIM 606080
RefSeq NM_001040623
UniProt Q9BZP6
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 p13.1-21.3
chitinase 1 (chitotriosidase)
Identifiers
Symbol CHIT1
Entrez 1118
HUGO 1936
OMIM 600031
RefSeq NM_003465
UniProt Q13231
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 q31-q32

Chitinases are hydrolytic enzymes that break down glycosidic bonds in chitin.[1] As chitin is a component of the cell walls of fungi and exoskeletal elements of some animals (including worms and arthropods), chitinases are generally found in organisms that either need to reshape their own chitin[2] or dissolve and digest the chitin of fungi or animals.

Contents

Species distribution

Chitinivorous organisms include many bacteria[3] (Aeromonads, Bacillus, Vibrio,[4] among others), which may be pathogenic or detritivorous. They attack living arthropods, zooplankton or fungi or they may degrade the remains of these organisms.

Fungi, such as Coccidioides immitis, also possess degradative chitinases related to their role as detritivores and also to their potential as arthropod pathogens.

Chitinases are also present in plants (barley seed chitinase: PDB 1CNS, EC 3.2.1.14); some of these are pathogenesis related (PR) proteins that are induced as part of systemic acquired resistance. Expression is mediated by the NPR1 gene and the salicylic acid pathway, both involved in resistance to fungal and insect attack. Other plant chitinases may be required for creating fungal symbioses.[5]

Function

Like cellulose, chitin is an abundant biopolymer that is relatively resistant to degradation.[6] It is typically not digested by animal, though certain fish are able to digest chitin.[7] It is currently assumed that chitin digestion by animals requires bacterial symbionts and lengthy fermentations, similar to cellulase digestion by ruminants. Nevertheless, chitinases have been isolated from the stomachs of certain mammals, including humans.[8] Chitinase activity can also be detected in human blood[9][10][10] and possibly cartilage.[11] As in plant chitinases this may be related to pathogen resistance.[12][13]

Clinical significance

Human chitinases may be related to allergies, and asthma has been linked to enhanced chitinase expression levels.[14][15][16][17][18]

Human chitinases may explain the link between some of the most common allergies (dust mites, mold spores - both of which contain chitin) and and worm (helminth) infections, as part of one version of the hygiene hypothesis[19][20][21] (worms have chitinous mouthparts to hold the intestinal wall). Finally, the link between chitinases and salicylic acid in plants is well established - but there is a hypothetical link between salicylic acid and allergies in humans.[22]

See also

References

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