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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) R02333 R06241(G)
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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 PATH: ec00520  Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
Orthology KO: K01452  chitin deacetylase
Genes SCE: YLR307W(CDA1) YLR308W(CDA2)
AGO: AGOS_ADL036C
KLA: KLLA0C17226g
DHA: DEHA0C12815g
PIC: PICST_43807(CDA2)
MGR: MGG_09159
AFM: AFUA_6G10430
UMA: UM02019.1
SPE: Spro_0916
PPF: Pput_1582
PMY: Pmen_2758
ACB: A1S_3351
ABM: ABSDF3490
ABY: ABAYE0134
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
BTK: BT9727_1795(pdaA) BT9727_1808
BTL: BALH_1615 BALH_1738(pdaA) BALH_1749
GTN: GTNG_3405
FAL: FRAAL1746 FRAAL4911
CHU: CHU_0603 CHU_3339(yxkH)
AVA: Ava_1295 Ava_4797
Taxonomy
Structures PDB: 2IW0  2VYO  2W3Z  
Reference
  Authors
  Title

  Journal
  Organism
 1  [PMID:4826874]
Araki Y, Ito E.
A pathway of chitosan formation in Mucor rouxii: enzymatic
deacetylation of chitin.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 56 (1974) 669-75.
Mucor rouxii
Other DBs ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.5.1.41
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 3.5.1.41
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.5.1.41
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 3.5.1.41
CAS: 56379-60-3
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