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  • Vaaje-Kolstad, G.; Westereng, B.; Horn, S.J.; Liu, Z.; Zhai, H.; Sorlie, M.; Eijsink, V.G.
    An oxidative enzyme boosting the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides (2010), Science, 330, 219-222.
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Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.14.99.53 Serratia marcescens O83009
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Reaction

EC Number Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
1.14.99.53 [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl](m+n) + reduced acceptor + O2 = [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl](m-1)-(1->4)-2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-D-glucono-1,5-lactone + [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl]n + acceptor + H2O (1) the initially formed D-glucono-1,5-lactone at the reducing end of the chitin chain quickly hydrolyzes spontaneously to the aldonic acid Serratia marcescens