Chitin is the second most plenteous polysaccharide in nature after cellulose, present in cell
walls of several fungi, exoskeletons of insects, and crustacean shells. Chitin does not …

Periplasmic solute-binding proteins (SBPs) serve as molecular shuttles that assist the
transport of small solutes from the outer membrane to the inner membrane of all Gram …

VhChiP is a chitooligosaccharide-specific porin identified in the outer membrane of Vibrio
campbellii type strain American Type Culture Collection BAA 1116. VhChiP contains three …

Chitin, an insoluble polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, is one of the most abundant
biopolymers on Earth. By degrading chitin, chitinolytic bacteria such as Vibrio harveyi are …

To quantify the flow of small uncharged molecules into and across nanopores, one often
uses ion currents. The respective ion-current fluctuations caused by the presence of the …

Background Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth after cellulose, is found
in probably all fungi, many animals (mainly invertebrates), several protists and a few algae …

Vibrio cholerae is a natural resident of the aquatic environment, where a common nutrient is
the chitinous exoskeletons of microscopic crustaceans. Chitin utilization requires chitinases …

Periplasmic solute-binding proteins (SBPs) specific for chitooligosaccharides,(GlcNAc) n (n=
2, 3, 4, 5 and 6), are involved in the uptake of chitinous nutrients and the negative control of …

ABSTRACT The fish pathogen Aliivibrio (Vibrio) salmonicida LFI1238 is thought to be
incapable of utilizing chitin as a nutrient source, since approximately half of the genes …

We report the synthesis of functionalized nanodots as potential powerful blockers of solute
transport through a chitoporin. Ultrasmall silica nanocapsules with a diameter of∼ 6 nm …