Chitin and its N-deacetylated derivative chitosan are two biological polymers that have
found numerous applications in recent years, but their further deployment suffers from …

Marine crustacean waste has not been fully utilized and is a rich source of chitin. Enzymatic
degradation has attracted the wide attention of researchers due to its unique biocatalytic …

Chitin deacetylase (CDA), a prominent member of the carbohydrate esterase enzyme family
4 (CE4), is found ubiquitously in bacteria, fungi, insects, and crustaceans. This …

Chitosan is a structurally diverse biopolymer that is commercially derived from chitin by
chemical processing, but chitin deacetylases (CDAs) potentially offer a sustainable and …

The crude chitin deacetylase (a novel bacterial CDA) with a molecular mass of
approximately 31 kDa was produced by culturing the bacteria of Acinetobacter schindleri …

Agents with antifungal activity play a vital role as therapeutics in health care, as do
fungicides in agriculture. Effectiveness, toxicological profile, and eco-friendliness are among …

Colletotrichum is a plant pathogenic fungus which is able to infect virtually every
economically important plant species. Up to now no common infection mechanism has been …

The chitin deacetylase CDA3 from C. cinerea deacetylated chitin-oligosaccharides with dp≥
2. Since CDA3 firstly removed the intermediate acetyl group of (GlcNAc) 4, it was an endo …

The hydrolysis of chitin treated under supercritical conditions was successfully carried out
using chitinases obtained by an optimized fermentation of the fungus Lecanicillium lecanii …

Chitin/polysaccharide deacetylases belong to the carbohydrate esterases family 4 (CE4
enzymes). They play a crucial role in modifying the physiochemical characteristics of …