EOG8W3W2N GO:0005975 23/87 carbohydrate metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y. Includes the formation of carbohydrate derivatives by the addition of a carbohydrate residue to another molecule." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8W3W2N GO:0006032 15/87 chitin catabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8W3W2N GO:0004568 15/87 chitinase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of (1->4)-beta linkages of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) polymers of chitin and chitodextrins." [EC:3.2.1.14, GOC:bf, GOC:kah, GOC:pde, PMID:11468293] EOG8W3W2N GO:0004553 8/87 hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds molecular_function "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of any O-glycosyl bond." [GOC:mah]