Chitosanase
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Chitosanase (EC 3.2.1.132) is an enzyme with systematic name chitosan N-acetylglucosaminohydrolase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan
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EC no. | 3.2.1.132 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 51570-20-8 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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A whole spectrum of chitosanases are known.