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- noun biochemistry Any
chitinase that can cleave achitin molecule at a random point within the its chain
Etymologies
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Examples
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Vibrio harveyi chitinase A is considered as an endochitinase based on the current literature
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While hevamine has lysozyme/endochitinase function
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Suginta W, Vongsuwan A, Songsiriritthigul C, Prinz H, Estibeiro P, et al. (2004) An endochitinase A from Vibrio carchariae: cloning, expression, mass and sequence analyses, and chitin hydrolysis.
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Moreno FB, da Rocha BA, de Azevedo WF Jr, Castellón RE, et al. (2006) cDNA cloning and 1.75 A crystal structure determination of PPL2, an endochitinase and
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At5g24090 acidic endochitinase (dbj better | BAA21861. 1) 32 1.9
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[39] and it resembled the catalytic domain of S. marcescens chiC, which acts as a non-processive endochitinase
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