Literature summary for 2.4.1.16 extracted from

Muller, C.; McIntyre, M.; Hansen, K.; Nielsen, J.
Metabolic engineering of the morphology of Aspergillus oryzae by altering chitin synthesis (2002), Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 68, 1827-1836.

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Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates	Organism	Comment (Nat. Sub.)	Natural Products	Comment (Nat. Pro.)	Rev.	Reac.
UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n	Aspergillus oryzae	subapical branching may be regulated though an interplay between chitinolytic enzymes and chitin synthases, chitin synthase B may represent the main chitin synthase activity involved in apical hyphal extension	UDP + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n+1	-	?

Organism

Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
Aspergillus oryzae	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n	-	Aspergillus oryzae	UDP + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n+1	-	?
UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n	subapical branching may be regulated though an interplay between chitinolytic enzymes and chitin synthases, chitin synthase B may represent the main chitin synthase activity involved in apical hyphal extension	Aspergillus oryzae	UDP + [1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n+1	-	?

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