Purification and Properties of a New Chitin-binding Antifungal CB-1 from Bacillus licheniformis

Abstract

CB-1, a new antifungal, was piirified from Bacillus lichenifrormis. The molecular mass of CB-1 was estimated as 42 kDa by gel filtration column Chromatography. CB-1 seemed to be an aggregation Product from 4 kinds of peptides. CB-1 conitainied 10 amino acids and some fatty acids of C_14-18:0 and C_18:1. CB-1 irreversively bound with chitin powder.