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Literature summary for 3.2.1.14 extracted from

  • Paoletti, M.G.; Norberto, L.; Damini, R.; Musumeci, S.
    Human gastric juice contains chitinase that can degrade chitin (2007), Ann. Nutr. Metab., 51, 244-251.
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Homo sapiens
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
gastric juice AMCase activity is present in gastric juices of twenty of 25 Italian patients in a range of activity from 0.21 to 36.27 nmol/ml/h. In the remaining five of 25 gastric juices, AMCase activity is almost absent Homo sapiens
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
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AMCase activity is present in gastric juices of twenty of 25 Italian patients in a range of activity from 0.21 to 36.27 nmol/ml/h. In the remaining five of 25 gastric juices, AMCase activity is almost absent Homo sapiens

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-N,N'-diacetylchitobiose + H2O
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Homo sapiens 4-methylumbelliferone + N,N'-diacetylchitobiose
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fluorescein isothiocyanate chitin + H2O
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Homo sapiens ?
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
acidic mammalian chitinase
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Homo sapiens
AMCase
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Homo sapiens