NEPOMUCENO, D. R. Expressão em Escherichia coli e Pichia pastoris de uma quitinase antifúngica da família 19 das glicosídeo hidrolases de Chromobacterium violaceum. 2012. 171 f. Tese (Doutorado em Bioquímica) - Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2012.Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative, saprophytic, non-pathogenic and free living bacterium. The annotation of the genome of this species revealed many genes encoding products with potential applications in many areas. Among these products are several chitinases, which are enzymes capable of degrading chitin, a polysaccharide of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosamine. Chitin is found in the cell wall of many fungi and in the exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans. Chitinase...