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Entry
EC 3.5.1.41                 Enzyme                                 
Name
chitin deacetylase
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds;
In linear amides
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
chitin amidohydrolase
Reaction(IUBMB)
chitin + H2O = chitosan + acetate [RN:R02333 R06241]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
chitin [CPD:C00461];
H2O [CPD:C00001]
Product
chitosan [CPD:C00734];
acetate [CPD:C00033]
Comment
Hydrolyses the N-acetamido groups of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues in chitin.
Pathway
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Orthology
K01452  
chitin deacetylase
Genes
SCE: 
YLR307W(CDA1) YLR308W(CDA2)
AGO: 
ERC: 
KLA: 
LTH: 
PPA: 
VPO: 
ZRO: 
CGR: 
NCS: 
NCAS_0A05950(NCAS0A05950)
NDI: 
NDAI_0D02920(NDAI0D02920)
TPF: 
TPHA_0K01980(TPHA0K01980)
TDL: 
TDEL_0E05540(TDEL0E05540)
DHA: 
DEHA2C11836g
PIC: 
PICST_43807(CDA2)
PGU: 
PGUG_01142
LEL: 
LELG_05778
CAL: 
CaO19.7503(CDA2)
CTP: 
CTRG_01049
CDU: 
CD36_25340
YLI: 
YALI0F30833g
CLU: 
CLUG_02351
AFM: 
AFUA_6G10430
ZTR: 
MYCGRDRAFT_30112(MgCda2)
UMA: 
UM02019.1
PPF: 
Pput_1582
PMY: 
Pmen_2758
BMA: 
BMA1508
BMV: 
BMASAVP1_A2007
BML: 
BMA10229_A3303
BMN: 
BMA10247_1279
BPS: 
BPSL2118
BPM: 
BURPS1710b_2533
BPL: 
BURPS1106A_2432
BPD: 
BURPS668_2388
BVI: 
Bcep1808_1888
BUR: 
Bcep18194_A5060
HAR: 
HEAR2877
BRA: 
BRADO0867
RSQ: 
Rsph17025_3035
ACR: 
Acry_1163
BCZ: 
BCZK1658 BCZK1778(pdaA) BCZK1791
BCR: 
BCAH187_A1959
BTK: 
BT9727_1795(pdaA) BT9727_1808
BTL: 
BALH_1615 BALH_1738(pdaA) BALH_1749
GTN: 
GTNG_3405
FAL: 
FRAAL1746
CHU: 
CHU_0603 CHU_3339(yxkH)
AVA: 
Ava_1295 Ava_4797
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Taxonomy
Reference
1  [PMID:4826874]
  Authors
Araki Y, Ito E.
  Title
A pathway of chitosan formation in Mucor rouxii: enzymatic deacetylation of chitin.
  Journal
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 56 (1974) 669-75.
  Organism
Mucor rouxii
Other DBs
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CAS: 
56379-60-3
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