| Accepted Name |
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| Chitosanase.
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| Reaction catalysed |
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| Endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan |
| Comment(s) |
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- A whole spectrum of chitosanases are now known that can hydrolyze
various types of links in chitosan.
- The only constant property is the endohydrolysis of GlcN-GlcN links,
which is common to all known chitosanases.
- One known chitosanase is limited to this link recognition, while the
majority can also recognize GlcN-GlcNAc links or GlcNAc-GlcN links
but not both.
- They also do not recognize GlcNAc-GlcNAc links in partly acetylated
chitosan.
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| Cross-references |
|---|
| PROSITE | PDOC60000 |
| BRENDA | 3.2.1.132 |
| EC2PDB | 3.2.1.132 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 3.2.1.132 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.2.1.132 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.2.1.132 |
| IntEnz | 3.2.1.132 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 3.2.1.132 |
| MetaCyc | 3.2.1.132 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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