It produces chitin-degrading enzymes to break the long biopolymer into bite-sized chitooligosaccharides. These are then imported into the cell via selective, pore-forming proteins.

Chitin, a polymer of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, is found in fungal cell walls but not in plants. Plant cells can perceive chitin fragments (chitooligosaccharides) leading to gene induction and defense ...

Paper accepted: The first evidence of cryo-milling improving enzymatic production of chitooligosaccharides from chitin biomass. Today, a paper by Prof. Jogi Madhuprakash from the University of ...