Synthesis of chitin by particulate prepa
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E. Lรณpez-Romero; J. Ruiz-Herrera
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Article
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1976
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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Cell-free extracts from Aspergillus flavus catalyzed the synthesis of chitin from UDP-GlcNAc. Most of the activity was associated with membrane-rich fractions whereas no activity was detected in the cell walls. Chitin synthetase was activated by fungal acid proteases; animal and plant proteases dest