The team published its study (“Chitinase 3-like-1 is a therapeutic target that mediates the effects of aging in COVID-19”) in JCI Insight. “COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 (SC2) and is more ...

The related chitinase-like protein, YKL-40 (also called human cartilage glycoprotein 39 [HCgp-39] and chitinase 3–like 1), can be readily measured in the serum. However, its relationship to ...

Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin, an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells.

The reasons are unclear. Now, an intriguing preprint research paper on the bioRxiv* server reports the identification of an enzyme called chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) that mediates this age ...

Chitinase-like proteins (CLPs) are associated with a range of pathologies and are among the most abundant proteins found under conditions of type 2 activation of the immune system, but their ...

Recently, however, Serratia marcescens chitinase A (SmChiA) has been rediscovered as a molecular motor working in extracellular environments without using ATP. Similar to a monorail car (Fig.

Thus, when he found that the endophyte secretes an unusual chitinase which appears to be important for its complex interactions, he knew that he would find the experts to more deeply characterize this ...