chitobiose phosphorylase activity

id: GO:0052756
name: chitobiose phosphorylase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: chitobiose + phosphate = N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate. This reaction is the phosphorolysis of chitobiose, (GlcNAc)2, a dimer of beta-(1->4) linked glucosamine units.

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