A novel N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase that is essential for chitin utilization in the chitinolytic bacterium, Chitiniphilus shinanonensis.

Ryotaro IchiokaYuri KitazawaGoro Taguchi Makoto Shimosaka

Published in: Journal of applied microbiology (2024)

Deacetylation of GlcNAc-6P catalyzed by CsPLD (but not by typical GPDs) is essential for the assimilation of chitin and its constituent monosaccharide, GlcNAc, as a carbon and energy source in C. shinanonensis.

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