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chitin [extracellular region]
Stable Identifier
R-ALL-6786438
Type
Polymer
Compartment
extracellular region
Synonyms
N-acetylglucosamine polymer
Locations in the PathwayBrowser
for Species:
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Caenorhabditis elegans
Canis familiaris
Drosophila melanogaster
Gallus gallus
Mus musculus
Plasmodium falciparum
Rattus norvegicus
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sus scrofa
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Digestion and absorption (Bos taurus)
Digestion (Bos taurus)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Bos taurus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Bos taurus)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Digestion (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Caenorhabditis elegans)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Caenorhabditis elegans)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Canis familiaris)
Digestion (Canis familiaris)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Canis familiaris)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Canis familiaris)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Drosophila melanogaster)
Digestion (Drosophila melanogaster)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Drosophila melanogaster)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Drosophila melanogaster)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Gallus gallus)
Digestion (Gallus gallus)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Gallus gallus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Gallus gallus)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Homo sapiens)
Digestion (Homo sapiens)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Homo sapiens)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Homo sapiens)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Mus musculus)
Digestion (Mus musculus)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Mus musculus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Mus musculus)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Plasmodium falciparum)
Digestion (Plasmodium falciparum)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Plasmodium falciparum)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Plasmodium falciparum)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Rattus norvegicus)
Digestion (Rattus norvegicus)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Rattus norvegicus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Rattus norvegicus)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Digestion (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
chitin [extracellular region]
Digestion and absorption (Sus scrofa)
Digestion (Sus scrofa)
Digestion of dietary carbohydrate (Sus scrofa)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Sus scrofa)
chitin [extracellular region]
Participants
repeated unit
GlcNAc [extracellular region]
Participates
as an input of
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Plasmodium falciparum)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Caenorhabditis elegans)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Drosophila melanogaster)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Gallus gallus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Sus scrofa)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Bos taurus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Canis familiaris)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Rattus norvegicus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Mus musculus)
CHIA hydrolyses chitin (Homo sapiens)
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ChEBI
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