Chitinase: Difference between revisions

{{STRUCTURE_1ffq|  PDB=1ffq  | SIZE=300| SCENE=Chitinases/Cv/1 |right|CAPTION=Chitinase I from ''Serratia marcescens'' complex with inhibitor, [[1ffq]] }}

[[Chitinases]] cleave the beta-1-4-glycosidic bond between the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine units of which chitin is comprised. Chitinases are present in plants, bacteria and fungi. The first chitinase structures were solved in 1994, from a bacterium ([[1ctn]]) and a plant ([[2hvm]]). A mechanism for chitin cleavage was proposed based on several structures and was later confirmed.