Abstract

Objective: To investigate the interrelation of cholera toxin gene (CT gene) in expression of chitinase gene under different pH conditions among pathogenic and Non-pathogenic strains of Vibrio cholera (V. cholera). Methods: The chitinase assay well diffusion method and calorimetric chitinase assay were performed. Further, time depended chitinase activity among pathogenic and nonpathogenic strain was evaluated with control as Escherichia coli. The expressed protein in variant environment was purified by cascade of chromatographic techniques. The partially purified protein was analyzed by SDS-PAGE in both the strain of V. cholera. Results: The results have shown differential expression of chitinase gene among vibrio in time depended chitinase activity, purification of expressed protein and SDS-PAGE analysis. Conclusions: From the current study, two conclusions came in picture, habitat is prime factor that regulation of chitin gene expression among many bacterial strains, second, moreover among the vibrio pathogenic strains (CT+) expression of chitinase gene is more precisely regulated by CT gene rather than external environments while in non-pathogenic strain ( CT-) completely absent.

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