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Chitin is an abundant natural macromolecular substances in the
exoskeleton of arthropods. It could be converted by deacetylation to
chitosan, which is -1, 4- polymer of 2-glucosamine. Chitosan is
significantly soluble and bioactive, being widely used in medicine,
cosmetics, food industry, water treatment and chemical industry. Treated
with concentrated alkali, the current technology of chitosan production
is deficient, unstable, squandering of energy, and, especially,
contaminative.According to a currently promising technology of
deacetylation using chitin-active enzymes, we found out that Chitin
Deacetylase (CDA) could hydrolyze the acetamino group on chitin,
directly yielding chitin, and the only industrial-available source of
chitin is the especially high-crystallized chitin from shell of
crustacea like shrimp and crab. In order to applicate enzymolysis method
to industry, separation, identification and production of
crystal-chitin-active-enzymes is crucial, both promoting
industrialization and giving instruction to scientific research.
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human practice
- <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:METU_Turkey_team">2014 METU Turkey </a>
- <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Colombia/Members">2014 Colombia</a>
- <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Stony_Brook/Team">2014 Stony Brook</a>
- <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:OUC-China/Team">2014 OUC-China</a>
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