chitin deacetylase activity

id: GO:0004099
name: chitin deacetylase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: chitin + H2O = chitosan + acetate.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016811hydrolase activity, acting on carbon-nitrogen (but not peptide) bonds, in linear amides
GO:0019213deacetylase activity