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  • Zarain-Herzberg, A.; Arroyo-Begovich, A.
    Chitinolytic activity from Neurospora crassa (1983), J. Gen. Microbiol., 129, 3319-3326.
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Activating Compound

EC Number Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
3.2.1.14 FeCl3 15% increas in activity at 10 mM Neurospora crassa

Inhibitors

EC Number Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
3.2.1.14 CuSO4
-
 Neurospora crassa
3.2.1.14 HgCl2
-
 Neurospora crassa

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
3.2.1.14 20600
-
 gel filtration Neurospora crassa

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
3.2.1.14 Neurospora crassa
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
3.2.1.14 7.7fold Neurospora crassa

Storage Stability

EC Number Storage Stability Organism
3.2.1.14 0°C or below, several weeks, no loss of activity Neurospora crassa

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
3.2.1.14 chitin + H2O nascent more effectively than preformed chitin Neurospora crassa N,N-diacetylchitobiose + N-acetylglucosamine N-N'-diacetylchitobiose main product, also chitotriose and chitotetraose, with preformed chitin as substrate also N-acetylglucosamine ?

Temperature Stability [°C]

EC Number Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
3.2.1.14 92
-
 75% loss of activity after 30 min at 92°C Neurospora crassa

pH Optimum

EC Number pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
3.2.1.14 6.7
-
-
 Neurospora crassa