chitosanolytic

English

Etymology

From chitosan +‎ -o- +‎ -lytic.

Adjective

chitosanolytic (not comparable)

1. (biochemistry) That hydrolyzes chitosans
   • 2016 March 4, “Characterization of a Chitosanase from Jelly Fig ( Ficus awkeotsang Makino) Latex and Its Application in the Production of Water-Soluble Low Molecular Weight Chitosans”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Chitinolytic activity staining analysis confirmed that the protein with a molecular mass of 20.5 kDa was a chitosanolytic enzyme exhibiting both chitosanase activity (Fig 2B) and chitinase activity (Fig 2C).

Related terms

• chitosanase