Chitin disaccharide deacetylase (, ''chitobiose amidohydolase'', ''COD'', ''chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase'', ''chitin oligosaccharide amidohydolase'') is an
enzyme
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with
systematic name
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A semisystematic name or semitrivi ...
''2-(acetylamino)-4-O-(2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose acetylhydrolase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
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: 2-(acetylamino)-4-O-
-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose + H
2O
2-(acetylamino)-4-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose +
acetate
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Chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase is present in ''
Vibrio
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'' strains.
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