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Chitosanase

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EC number
  
3.2.1.132

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CAS number
  
51570-20-8

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

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KEGG entry

Chitosanase (EC 3.2.1.132) is an enzyme with systematic name chitosan N-acetylglucosaminohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan

A whole spectrum of chitosanases are known.

References

Chitosanase Wikipedia