Planteome: Term Details for "chitinase activity" (GO:0004568)

Accession: GO:0004568
Name: chitinase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: 1,4-beta-poly-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity, beta-1,4-poly-N-acetyl glucosamidinase activity, chitodextrinase activity, poly-beta-glucosaminidase activity, poly[1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide)] glycanohydrolase activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of (1->4)-beta linkages of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) polymers of chitin and chitodextrins. Source: EC:3.2.1.14, GOC:bf, GOC:kah, GOC:pde, PMID:11468293
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0004568 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to chitinase activity.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to chitinase activity.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for chitinase activity.
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subject	relation	object
chitinase activity	is_a	hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds (GO:0004553)

subject	relation	object
exochitinase activity (GO:0035885)	is_a	chitinase activity
endochitinase activity (GO:0008843)	is_a	chitinase activity