Term Information

Accession
GO:0008843
Name
endochitinase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the hydrolysis of nonterminal (1->4)-beta linkages of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) polymers of chitin and chitodextrins. Typically, endochitinases cleave randomly within the chitin chain. Source: EC:3.2.1.-, GOC:bf, GOC:kah, GOC:pde, PMID:11468293
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0008843 at QuickGO
Subset
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endochitinase activity [is_a relation] is_a  chitinase activity (GO:0004568)

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