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SUBMITTER: Tabata E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6336882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tabata Eri E Kashimura Akinori A Uehara Maiko M Wakita Satoshi S Sakaguchi Masayoshi M Sugahara Yasusato Y Yurimoto Terumi T Sasaki Erika E Matoska Vaclav V Bauer Peter O PO Oyama Fumitaka F
Scientific reports 20190117 1
Chitin is a polymer of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) and a main constituent of insects' exoskeleton. Insects are rich in protein with high energy conversion efficiency. Recently, we have reported that acidic chitinases (Chia) act as digestive enzymes in mouse, pig and chicken (omnivorous) but not in dog (carnivorous) and bovine (herbivorous), indicating that feeding behavior affects Chia expression levels, and determines chitin digestibility in the particular animals. Common marmoset (Callithr ...[more]