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This domain is always found at the carboxyl end and is associated with a chitin binding domain and also with a receptor domain Epidermal Growth Factor-Like. The 30-43 amino acids long chitin-binding domain contains several conserved glycine and cysteines residues. The conserved cysteines form disulfide bonds. Chitin-binding domains have been found in plant, fungal and bacterial proteins. And have different functions related with the chitin´s degradation and deacetylation of this proteins (expasy). In the other hand the EGF like receptors, are usually related with hormonal chemical signaling. (expasy)
All the proteins found on the alignment, are hypothetical and are contained on the TrEMBL database, and belongs to organisms from the phyla nematoda, vertebrata and insecta.