Team:TU Darmstadt/Demonstrate
ChiTUcare
Proof of Concept
Here we want to give you a short tour about what we achieved in the project. We show our results and give a view on the resulting product, a enzyme sensing hydrogel.
Chitin Synthase NodC
The functionality of the NodC enzyme was verified by performing the UDP-GloTM Glycosyltransferase Assay. The evaluation of the assay shows that the NodC enzyme converts the UDP-GlcNAc to free UPD and a growing oligo-GlcNAc-chain. The free UDP is converted to ATP, which acts as a substrate for a luciferase reaction and creates luminescence. So the assay and the increasing luminescence depending on increasing enzyme concentrations shows that the NodC enzyme can create chitin oligomers.
