title: Classification of chitinases modules.
abstract: Chitinases frequently display a modular structure featuring a catalytic domain attached to one or several ancillary noncatalytic domains whose function is often chitin binding. Gene cloning and DNA sequencing have allowed the determination of a massive number of amino acid sequences of chitinases during the last 10 years. This chapter presents a unifying classification system of the various chitinase modules that combines specific features of their sequences, three-dimensional structures and reaction mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques CNRS, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Henrissat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D002688:Chitinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D002688:Chitinases