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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.10.50.10
Functional Family Endochitinase B1

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.14
Chitinase.
based on mapping to UniProt P48827
Random endo-hydrolysis of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide (1->4)-beta- linkages in chitin and chitodextrins.
-!- The enzyme binds to chitin and randomly cleaves glycosidic linkages in chitin and chitodextrins in a non-processive mode, generating chitooligosaccharides and free ends on which exo-chitinases and exo- chitodextrinases can act. -!- Activity is greatly stimulated in the presence of EC 1.14.99.53, which attacks the crystalline structure of chitin and makes the polymer more accesible to the chitinase. -!- Cf. EC 3.2.1.202.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P48827
CHI42_TRIHA
Trichoderma harzianum
Endochitinase 42

PDB Structure

PDB 6EPB
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Use of chitin and chitosan to produce new chitooligosaccharides by chitinase Chit42: enzymatic activity and structural basis of protein specificity.
Kidibule, P.E., Santos-Moriano, P., Jimenez-Ortega, E., Ramirez-Escudero, M., Limon, M.C., Remacha, M., Plou, F.J., Sanz-Aparicio, J., Fernandez-Lobato, M.
Microb. Cell Fact.
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