Targeting Chitin-containing Organisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yang, Qing (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fukamizo, Tamo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1142
• Subjects: Biochemistry.; Pharmacology.; Entomology.; Biochemistry, general.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of chitin biology and chitin metabolism related enzymes. Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer in nature after to cellulose, is a linear biopolymer composed of β-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), and an essential component in the exoskeletons...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to the book
• Chitin: structure, chemistry & biology
• Chitin prevalence and function in bacteria, fungi and protists
• Immune responses of mammals and plants to chitin-containing pathogens
• Chitin organizing and modifying enzymes and proteins involved in remodeling of the insect cuticle
• Chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
• Bacterial Chitinase System as a Model of Chitin Biodegradation
• Chitin synthesis and degradation in fungi: biology and enzymes
• Chitin in Arthropods: Biosynthesis, Modification and Metabolism
• Nematode chitin and application
• Human Chitinases: Structure, Function and Inhibitor Discovery
• Chitin/chitosan-active enzymes involved in plant-microbe interactions
• Chitinous structures as potential targets for insect pest control.