This family consists of several fungal chitosanase enzymes. Chitin, xylan, 6-O-sulphated chitosan and O-carboxymethyl chitin are indigestible by chitosanase.
A chitosanase from the mould Aspergillus fumigatus was identified as IgE-reactive [1].
Family-defining Pfam domains (at least one of these domains is present in each family member):
| Pfam domain | Pfam clan | ||
| PF07335 | Fungal chitosanase of glycosyl hydrolase group 75 | - | |
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