Chitinolytic digestibility of cross-linked chitosan gels by an enzyme complex from Streptomyces kurssanovii.
The action of a microbial chitinolytic enzyme complex from Streptomyces kurssanovii on chitosan gels with various degrees of cross-linking and on the O-derivatives of the gels was examined. The rate of digestion of the gels was shown to depend on the degree of cross-linking as well as on the size of the O-substituent, decreasing greatly with a rise in substitution.
Tikhonov
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VE
Institute of Food Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Yamskov
I A
IA
Varlamov
V P
VP
Ilyina
A V
AV
Davankov
V A
VA
D002686:Chitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D048271:Chitosan; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005782:Gels; D007700:Kinetics; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology*
D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005782:Gels; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D002686:Chitin; D048271:Chitosan