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Term Information

Accession
GO:0004100
Name
chitin synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:chitin 4-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase activity, chitin synthetase activity, chitin-UDP N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity, chitin-UDP acetyl-glucosaminyl transferase activity, chitin-uridine diphosphate acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity, trans-N-acetylglucosaminosylase activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + [->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1-](n) = UDP + [->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1-](n+1). Source: EC:2.4.1.16
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0004100 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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chitin synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity (GO:0008375)

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