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

Chitosanase
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EC no.3.2.1.132
CAS no.51570-20-8
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Endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan

A whole spectrum of chitosanases are known.

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  1. ^ Fenton DM, Eveleigh DE (1981). "Purification and mode of action of a chitosanase from Penicillium islandicum". J. Gen. Microbiol. 126: 151–165. doi:10.1099/00221287-126-1-151.
  2. ^ Saito J, Kita A, Higuchi Y, Nagata Y, Ando A, Miki K (October 1999). "Crystal structure of chitosanase from Bacillus circulans MH-K1 at 1.6-A resolution and its substrate recognition mechanism". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (43): 30818–25. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.43.30818. PMID 10521473.
  3. ^ Izume M, Nagae S, Kawagishi H, Mitsutomi M, Ohtakara A (March 1992). "Action pattern of Bacillus sp. no. 7-M chitosanase on partially N-acetylated chitosan". Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 56 (3): 448–53. doi:10.1271/bbb.56.448. PMID 1368330.
  4. ^ Marcotte EM, Monzingo AF, Ernst SR, Brzezinski R, Robertus JD (February 1996). "X-ray structure of an anti-fungal chitosanase from streptomyces N174". Nature Structural Biology. 3 (2): 155–62. doi:10.1038/nsb0296-155. PMID 8564542.

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