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- adjective Of or pertaining to
chitinolysis
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Examples
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They break down the glycosidic bond of (NAG) 2 to NAG, therefore, they do not have complete chitinolytic activities.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hai Li et al. 2010
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An evolutionary scheme is presented which places the emergence of the CID in the context of chitinase function; with the addition of the CID leading to an evolutionary shift of the protein from a non-chitinolytic protein, or a NAGase, to a subfamily A or B family 18 chitinase.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hai Li et al. 2010
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Dahiya N, Tewari R, Hoondal GS (2006) Biotechnological aspects of chitinolytic enzymes: a review.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hai Li et al. 2010
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