Chitoporin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chitoporin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A porin associated with bacterial cell walls.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- chitoporins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include porin, opistoporin, parchorin, actinoporin, nucleoporin, chitosugar.
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