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chitin
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A N-acylglucosamine that has formula (C8H13NO5)n.
An aminoglycan that has formula (C8H13NO5)n.
Term info
Label
chitin
Synonyms
- (1->4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucan
- (C8H13NO5)n
- InChI=1/C24H41N3O16/c1-7(31)25-13-18(36)20(11(5-29)39-22(13)38)42-24-15(27-9(3)33)19(37)21(12(6-30)41-24)43-23-14(26-8(2)32)17(35)16(34)10(4-28)40-23/h10-24,28-30,34-38H,4-6H2,1-3H3,(H,25,31)(H,26,32)(H,27,33)/t10-,11-,12-,13-,14-,15-,16-,17-,18-,19-,20-,21-,22-,23+,24+/m1/s1/f/h25-27H
- InChIKey=WZZVUHWLNMNWLW-IRGKDUGGDK
- [1,4-(N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl)]n
- [4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc(1->]n
- beta-1,4-Poly-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
EFO URI
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0001502
definition citation
CHEBI_17029