Chitin deacetylase
Enzyme
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In enzymology, a chitin deacetylase (EC 3.5.1.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- chitin + H2O chitosan + acetate
| chitin deacetylase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.5.1.41 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 56379-60-3 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are chitin and H2O, whereas its two products are chitosan and acetate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is chitin amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in aminosugars metabolism.
Structural studies
References
- Araki Y, Ito E (1974). "A pathway of chitosan formation in Mucor rouxii: enzymatic deacetylation of chitin". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 56 (3): 669–75. Bibcode:1974BBRC...56..669A. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(74)90657-3. PMID 4826874.
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