chitin

long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine
Product polymer Q161219
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chitin

Summary

chitin is a polymer[1]. chitin ranks in the top 4% of polymer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • chitin's instance of is recorded as polymer[3].
  • chitin's instance of is recorded as polysaccharide[4].
  • chitin's chemical structure is recorded as Chitin.svg[5].
  • chitin's GND ID is recorded as 4147737-6[6].
  • chitin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 1398-61-4[7].
  • chitin's EC number is recorded as 215-744-3[8].
  • chitin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85024494[9].
  • chitin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11977844t[10].
  • chitin's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00575854[11].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as chitin binding[12].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as chitin metabolic process[13].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as chitin biosynthetic process[14].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as chitin catabolic process[15].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as response to chitin[16].
  • chitin's part of is recorded as cellular response to chitin[17].
  • chitin's Commons category is recorded as Chitin[18].
  • chitin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002686[19].
  • chitin's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 37834[20].
  • chitin's has part is recorded as oxygen[21].
  • chitin's has part is recorded as carbon[22].
  • chitin's has part is recorded as hydrogen[23].
  • chitin's has part is recorded as nitrogen[24].
  • chitin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016zg0[25].
  • chitin's UNII is recorded as 8SH93A7QWW[26].
  • chitin's PubChem CID is recorded as 6857375[27].

Why It Matters

chitin ranks in the top 4% of polymer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,123 views/month).[2] chitin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] chitin is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) oxygen, carbon, hydrogen +1
    Mass {'unit': 'Q28924752', 'amount': '+203.1925'}
    Instance of
    Part of chitin binding, chitin metabolic process, chitin biosynthetic process +3
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 173770"
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