KEGG   REACTION: R02333
Entry
R02333                      Reaction                               
Name
chitin amidohydrolase
Definition
Chitin + n H2O <=> Chitosan + n Acetate
Equation
C00461 + n C00001 <=> C00734 + n C00033
Remark
Same as: R06241
Comment
Acetylation is non specific.
Reaction class
RC00166  C00461_C00734
RC00300  C00033_C00461
Enzyme
Pathway
rn00520  Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
rn01100  Metabolic pathways
Brite
Enzymatic reactions [BR:br08201]
 3. Hydrolase reactions
  3.5  Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
   3.5.1  In linear amides
    3.5.1.41
     R02333  Chitin + n H2O <=> Chitosan + n Acetate
Orthology
K01452  chitin deacetylase [EC:3.5.1.41]
Other DBs
RHEA: 10467

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