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Facts about Chitotriosidase-1.
Isoform 3 has no enzymatic activity. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CHIT1 |
Uniprot: | Q13231 |
Entrez: | 1118 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyl hydrolase 18 family |
CHI3; CHIT1; CHITCHI3; chitinase 1 (chitotriosidase); chitinase-1; Chitotriosidase; chitotriosidase-1; EC 3.2.1.14; FLJ00314; MGC125322; plasma methylumbelliferyl tetra-N-acetylchitotetraoside hydrolase
Mass (kDA):
51.681 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q32.1 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (203216079..203229673, complement) |
Detected in spleen. Secreted by cultured macrophages.
Secreted. Lysosome. A small proportion is lysosomal.
PMID: 7592832 by Boot R.G., et al. Cloning of a cDNA encoding chitotriosidase, a human chitinase produced by macrophages.
PMID: 7836450 by Renkema G.H., et al. Purification and characterization of human chitotriosidase, a novel member of the chitinase family of proteins.