Chitinase
From Proteopedia
(Difference between revisions)
Anastassis Perrakis (Talk | contribs)
(New page: ==This is a placeholder== Chitinases cleave the beta-1-4-glycosidic bond between the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units of which chitin is comprised. Chitinases are present in plants, bacteria a...)
Next diff →
Revision as of 02:48, 17 July 2008
This is a placeholder
Chitinases cleave the beta-1-4-glycosidic bond between the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units of which chitin is comprised. Chitinases are present in plants, bacteria and fungi.
The first chitinase structures were solved in 1994, from a bacterium (1ctn) and a plant (2hvm). A mechanism for chitin cleavage was proposed based on several structures and was later confirmed.
Proteopedia Page Contributors and Editors (what is this?)
Michal Harel, Alexander Berchansky, Marcin Jozef Suskiewicz, Anastassis Perrakis
