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ArticleNature communications2017

Reassessment of chitosanase substrate specificities and classification.

Tobias Weikert, Anna Niehues, Stefan Cord-Landwehr, Margareta J Hellmann, Bruno M Moerschbacher

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Tobias WeikertInstitute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Münster, Germany.
Anna NiehuesInstitute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-5439
Stefan Cord-LandwehrInstitute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Münster, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-1936
Margareta J HellmannInstitute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Münster, Germany.
Bruno M MoerschbacherInstitute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Münster, Germany. moersch@uni-muenster.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-3205

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosanases can be used to produce partially acetylated chitosan oligosaccharides (paCOS) for different applications, provided they are thoroughly characterized. However, recent studies indicate that the established classification system for chitosanases is too simplistic. Here, we apply a highly sensitive method for quantitatively sequencing paCOS to reassess the substrate specificities of the best-characterized class I-III chitosanases. The enzymes' abilities to cleave bonds at GlcNAc residues positioned at subsite (-1) or (+1), on which the classification system is based, vary especially when the substrates have different fractions of acetylation (F

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AcetylationBacillusBacterial ProteinsChitinChitosanGlycoside HydrolasesHydrolysisOligosaccharidesRecombinant ProteinsStreptomycesSubstrate SpecificityBacterial ProteinsChitinChitosanchitosanaseGlycoside HydrolasesOligosaccharidesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID29167423
PMCPMC5700058

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