SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEIN CLASS I CHITINASE FROM SEED COAT OF GLYCINE MAX [L.] MERR

Abstract

Chitinase are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of β-1,4-N-acetylglucosamine linkage present in chitin. Chitin
is a major component of fungal cell walls, chitinases play a role in plant defense against pathogens. Proteomic
studies carried on 32 kDa class I chitinase of soybean seed coat, the FASTA sequences for enzyme were taken from
NCBI. The sequence with known PDB structure was taken for multiple sequence alignment. The sequences were
compared with BLOSUM 62 matrix. The sequence similarity among these chitinases varied between 30 to 70 %,
with maximum similarity exists between soybean seed coat chitinase and rice chitinase.Homology modeling at
SWISS- MODEL gave 3 models with different scores. The model 1developed using jack bean chitinase has highest
homology. Two conserved domain ChtBD1 [cd00035], Chitin binding domain, involved in recognition or
binding of chitin subunits and Glycoside hitinase_glyco_hydro_19[cd00325], Glycoside hydrolase family 19
chitinase domain were detected in the sequence using Conserved domain detection tool at NCBI. Soybean seed
coats are particularly rich in defense related proteins and peptides, although there are abundant proteins that have
yet to be identified.In this study revealed complex structure and more refined mechanism of the chitinase
catalysis.