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Descriptor English: Chitinases
Descriptor Spanish: Quitinasas
Descriptor quitinasas
Entry term(s) 1,4-beta-poli-N-acetilglucosaminidasa
laminarasa
poli-beta-glucosaminidasa
quitinasa
Scope note: Enzimas que degradan la quitina, hidrolizando los enlaces beta(1,4). Se encuentran en muchos organismos, desde bacterias, virus y hongos, hasta plantas y animales, con actividades específicas dependiendo de los organismos: en los hongos tienen funciones autolíticas, nutricionales y morfogénicas; en las bacterias digieren la quitina para obtener energía; en las plantas intervienen en la defensa y el desarrollo; y en crustáceos e insectos participan en los procesos de muda. (http://recursostic.javeriana.edu.co/wiki/index.php/Bioinform%C3%A1tica_de_Quitinasas, 01-03-2009)
Descriptor Portuguese: Quitinases
Descriptor French: Chitinase
Entry term(s): Chitinase
Endochitinase
Tree number(s): D08.811.277.450.207
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002688
Scope note: Glycoside hydrolases that break down glycosidic bonds in CHITIN. They are important for insect and worm morphogenesis and plant defense against pathogens. Human chitinases may play a role in the etiology of allergies and asthma.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Registry Number: EC 3.2.1.14
CAS Type 1 Name: Poly(1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide)) glycanohydrolase
DeCS ID: 2734
Unique ID: D002688
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Chitinases - Preferred
Concept UI M0004103
Scope note Glycoside hydrolases that break down glycosidic bonds in CHITIN. They are important for insect and worm morphogenesis and plant defense against pathogens. Human chitinases may play a role in the etiology of allergies and asthma.
Preferred term Chitinases
Entry term(s) Chitinase
Endochitinase - Narrower
Concept UI M0004104
Preferred term Endochitinase



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