Literature summary extracted from

Xu, G.; Zhang, J.; Lyu, H.; Liu, J.; Ding, Y.; Feng, Q.; Song, Q.; Zheng, S.
BmCHSA-2b, a Lepidoptera specific alternative splicing variant of epidermal chitin synthase, is required for pupal wing development in Bombyx mori (2017), Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol., 87, 117-126 .

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

EC Number	Natural Substrates	Organism	Comment (Nat. Sub.)	Natural Products	Comment (Nat. Pro.)	Rev.	Reac.
2.4.1.16	UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine + [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl]n	Bombyx mori	-	UDP + [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl]n+1	-	?

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
2.4.1.16	Bombyx mori	-	-	-

Source Tissue

EC Number	Source Tissue	Comment	Organism	Textmining
2.4.1.16	pupa	-	Bombyx mori	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
2.4.1.16	UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine + [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl]n	-	Bombyx mori	UDP + [(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl]n+1	-	?
2.4.1.16	UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + N-acetyl-D-glucosamine	-	Bombyx mori	UDP + 1,4-(N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)2	-	?

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
2.4.1.16	BmCHSA-2a	splicing variant	Bombyx mori
2.4.1.16	BmCHSA-2b	splicing variant	Bombyx mori

Expression

EC Number	Organism	Comment	Expression
2.4.1.16	Bombyx mori	up-regulation of the expression of enzyme gene CHSA corresponds with the pupal wing enlargement	up

General Information

EC Number	General Information	Comment	Organism
2.4.1.16	physiological function	isoform CHSA-2b is responsible for mid-pupal wing growth	Bombyx mori

Use of this online version of BRENDA is free under the CC BY 4.0 license. See terms of use for full details.

Release 2023.1 (January 2023)