| EC |
3.5.1.41 |
| Accepted name: |
chitin deacetylase |
| Reaction: |
chitin + H2O = chitosan + acetate |
| Systematic name: |
chitin amidohydrolase |
| Comments: |
Hydrolyses the N-acetamido groups of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitin. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 56379-60-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Araki, Y. and Ito, E. A pathway of chitosan formation in Mucor rouxii: enzymatic deacetylation of chitin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 56 (1974) 669–675. [DOI] [PMID: 4826874] |
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