Nano-monorail SmChiA (image)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Caption

Fictional image of a billion-times magnified SmChiA moving on crystalline chitin like monorail car (left panel) and chitin binding surface and cleft of SmChiA (right panel). SmChiA moves along with single chain of chitin (shown by red) and cut the chitin (rail) into soluble disaccharides.

Credit

NINS/IMS

Usage Restrictions

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