CHEBI:16261 - chitosan

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ChEBI Name chitosan
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16261
Definition An aminoglycan consisting of β-(1→4)-linked D-glucosamine residues.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:13964, CHEBI:3599
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Formula H2O(C6H11NO4)n
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Metabolite of Species Details
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
elicitor
A chemical or biochemical compound that is introduced in small concentrations to a living system to promote the biosynthesis of the target bioactive compound.
Application(s): vulnerary
A drug used in treating and healing of wounds.
plant activator
Any compound that protects plants by activating their defence mechanisms.
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Outgoing chitosan (CHEBI:16261) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) has role elicitor (CHEBI:192504)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) has role plant activator (CHEBI:73182)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) has role vulnerary (CHEBI:73336)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) is a aminoglycan (CHEBI:22506)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) is a exopolysaccharide (CHEBI:72813)
chitosan (CHEBI:16261) is conjugate base of cationic chitosan (CHEBI:57704)
Incoming cationic chitosan (CHEBI:57704) is conjugate acid of chitosan (CHEBI:16261)
IUPAC Name
(1→4)-2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-glucan
INN Source
poliglusam ChemIDplus
Synonyms Sources
[4)-β-D-GlcpN(1→]n IUPAC
beta-1,4-Poly-D-glucosamine KEGG COMPOUND
Chitosan KEGG COMPOUND
Deacetylchitin ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00734 KEGG COMPOUND
chitosan Alan Wood's Pesticides
Chitosan MetaCyc
Chitosan Wikipedia
DB14155 DrugBank
FDB015634 FooDB
G10536 KEGG GLYCAN
HMDB0003404 HMDB
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Registry Number Type Source
9012-76-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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06 January 2023