CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.55
Non-reducing end alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9XBQ3
Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing alpha-L-arabinofuranoside residues in alpha-L-arabinosides.
-!- Acts on alpha-L-arabinofuranosides, alpha-L-arabinans containing (1,3)- and/or (1,5)-linkages, arabinoxylans and arabinogalactans. -!- Some EC 3.2.1.23 and EC 3.2.1.38 enzymes also hydrolyze alpha-L- arabinosides. -!- cf. EC 3.2.1.185. -!- Formerly EC 3.2.1.79.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9XBQ3
IABF_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Intracellular exo-alpha-(1->5)-L-arabinofuranosidase

PDB Structure

PDB 1PZ3
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structure and snapshots along the reaction pathway of a family 51 alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase
Hoevel, K., Shallom, D., Niefind, K., Belakhov, V., Shoham, G., Baasov, T., Shoham, Y., Schomburg, D.
Embo J.