Enzyme activity and expression pattern of intra- and extracellular chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase of Wickerhamomyces anomalus EG2 using glycol chitin and glucan-containing high polymer complex

We investigated cell growth and activity of intra- and extracellular chitinase, β-1,3-glucanase, and chitin deacetylase with SDS‐PAGE by incubating W. anomalus EG2 in PDB and YPD media for 24 h in presence of different concentrations (0%, 0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5%) of colloidal chitin. Maximum cell growth was observed in both PDB and YPD media without colloidal chitin. In the absence of colloidal chitin, maximum extracellular β-1,3-glucanase activity of 32.96 and 47.28 units/mL was reported at 18 h in PDB medium and 6 h in YPD medium, respectively. In addition, extracellular chitinase was unaffected by various concentrations of carboxymethyl chitin in both PDB and YPD media. In the absence of colloidal chitin, maximum intracellular chitinase activity was indicated to be 9.82 and 9.86 units/mg protein in PDB and YPD media, respectively. Maximum intracellular β-1,3-glucanase activity reported was 17.34 units/mg protein in PDB medium containing 0.5% colloidal chitin and 15.0 units/mg protein in YPD medium containing 0.3% colloidal chitin. Five major isozymes, GN1, GN2, GN3, GN4, and GN5, of intracellular β-1,3-glucanase were detected with glucan-containing high polymer complex as a substrate with or without colloidal chitin.