CHEBI:17029 - chitin

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ChEBI Name chitin ChEBI ID CHEBI:17029 Definition An aminoglycan consisting of β-(1→4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:13962, CHEBI:23099, CHEBI:3596 Download Molfile XML SDF Find compounds which contain this structure Find compounds which resemble this structure Take structure to the Advanced Search Formula H2O(C8H13NO5)n Net Charge 0 Metabolite of Species Details Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI Roles Classification Biological Role(s): Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ). human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens). mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). Application(s): vulnerary A drug used in treating and healing of wounds. View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing chitin (CHEBI:17029) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772) chitin (CHEBI:17029) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) chitin (CHEBI:17029) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) chitin (CHEBI:17029) has role vulnerary (CHEBI:73336) chitin (CHEBI:17029) is a N-acylglucosamine (CHEBI:21638) chitin (CHEBI:17029) is a aminoglycan (CHEBI:22506) IUPAC Name (1→4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucan Synonyms Sources [1,4-(N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n KEGG COMPOUND [4)-β-D-GlcpNAc(1→]n IUPAC beta-1,4-Poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine KEGG COMPOUND Chitin KEGG COMPOUND chitin IUPAC chitin UniProt Manual Xrefs Databases C00461 KEGG COMPOUND G10483 KEGG GLYCAN View more database links Registry Number Type Source 1398-61-4 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND Last Modified 27 January 2016

General Comment 2004-05-20 Cellulose-like biopolymer consisting predominantly of unbranched chains of β-(1→4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose