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Structural classification of plant chitinases: Two subclasses in class I and class II chitinases

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: 1995ISSN:
  • 0916-8451
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 96-133931
 In: Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (Japan). (Feb 1995). v. 59(2) p. 336-338Summary: For the classification of plant chitinases, phylogenetic relationships were analyzed besides the established classification of domain structure and C-terminal extension sequences. Two genetically different subclasses (high and low molecular weight) were found for the main structure of class I and class II chitinases in their phylogenetic trees. The genetic distance of these subclasses showed that the high molecular weight subclass may be an ancestral molecule
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For the classification of plant chitinases, phylogenetic relationships were analyzed besides the established classification of domain structure and C-terminal extension sequences. Two genetically different subclasses (high and low molecular weight) were found for the main structure of class I and class II chitinases in their phylogenetic trees. The genetic distance of these subclasses showed that the high molecular weight subclass may be an ancestral molecule

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