endochitinase activity

id: GO:0008843
name: endochitinase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of nonterminal (1->4)-beta linkages of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) polymers of chitin and chitodextrins. Typically, endochitinases cleave randomly within the chitin chain.

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