UniProt functional annotation for P23951

UniProt code: P23951.

Organism: Hordeum vulgare (Barley).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Liliopsida; Poales; Poaceae; BOP clade; Pooideae; Triticodae; Triticeae; Hordeinae; Hordeum.
 
Function: Defense against chitin-containing fungal pathogens.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Random endo-hydrolysis of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide (1->4)-beta-linkages in chitin and chitodextrins.; EC=3.2.1.14;
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 19 family. Chitinase class II subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.