What does chitoporin mean?
Chitoporin means (biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls.
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(biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls.
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, a copper-dependent enzyme, attacks recalcitrant chitin polysaccharides [4 ,5 ], while endochitinases hydrolyse long chitin chains to chitin oligosaccharides, which are then transported through the bacterial cell wall by chitoporin or ChiP.
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Chitoporin means (biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls.
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Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, a copper-dependent enzyme, attacks recalcitrant chitin polysaccharides [4 ,5 ], while endochitinases hydrolyse long chitin chains to chitin oligosaccharides, which are then transported through the bacterial cell wall by chitoporin or ChiP.
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