Acetyl xylan esterase-catalyzed deacetylation of chitin and chitosan

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-315

  Morley, Krista L ^a   Chauve, Grégory ^a   Kazlauskas, Romas ^a,c   Dupont, Claude ^b   Shareck, François ^b   Marchessault, Robert H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Acetyl xylan esterase; Chitin; Chitosan; Crystallinity; Deacetylase enzyme; Multiple attack

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; ESTERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION;

ACETATE MICROSTRUCTURE; ACETYL XYLAN ESTERASE; DEGREE OF ACETYLATION (DA);

CHITIN;

EID: 33244476719     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.07.034     Document Type: Article

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