Regulation of extracellular chitinases and proteases in the entomopathogen and acaricide Metarhizium anisopliae.
Curr Microbiol
; 46(3): 205-10, 2003 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12567244
Metarhizium anisopliae infects insects and ticks via a combination of specialized structures and cuticle degradation. Hydrolytic enzymes are accepted as key factors for the penetration step. The search for pathogenicity determinants has demonstrated that the process is multifactorial. Host specificity is an important factor to be addressed. The study of the enzymes produced during infection is important to discover those with a role in the process. To address some of the enzymes that take part during the infection of the tick, Boophilus microplus, we have analyzed the secretion of proteases and chitinases in single and combined carbon/nitrogen sources as compared with such complex substrates as chitin and B. microplus cuticles. Two chitinases, endo- and N-acetylglucosaminidases, and two proteases, subtilisin and trypsin-like proteases, were analyzed. Enzyme activities were detected in all carbon sources tested, but higher levels were found when combinations of carbon sources were used. A major 30-kDa protein apparently secreted during M. anisopliae growth on all carbon/nitrogen sources tested was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Endopeptidases
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Ticks
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Chitinases
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Hypocreales
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Microbiol
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
United States