Planteome: Term Details for "chitin synthase activity" (GO:0004100)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0004100
Name: chitin synthase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:chitin 4-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase activity, chitin synthetase activity, chitin-UDP N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity, chitin-UDP acetyl-glucosaminyl transferase activity, chitin-uridine diphosphate acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity, trans-N-acetylglucosaminosylase activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + [->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1-](n) = UDP + [->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1-](n+1). Source: EC:2.4.1.16
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0004100 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to chitin synthase activity.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to chitin synthase activity.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for chitin synthase activity.
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BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000003 occurrent
BFO:0000015 process
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0016757 glycosyltransferase activity
GO:0016758 hexosyltransferase activity
GO:0008194 UDP-glycosyltransferase activity
GO:0008375 acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity
GO:0004100 chitin synthase activity

Parents of chitin synthase activity (GO:0004100)

subject	relation	object
chitin synthase activity	is_a	acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity (GO:0008375)

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EC: 2.4.1.16
MetaCyc: CHITIN-SYNTHASE-RXN
RHEA: 16637