CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosyl hydrolase domain; family 43
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.55
Non-reducing end alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q45071
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)

Q45071
XYND_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase

PDB Structure

PDB 3C7F
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural analysis of a glycoside hydrolase family 43 arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase in complex with xylotetraose reveals a different binding mechanism compared with other members of the same family.
Vandermarliere, E., Bourgois, T.M., Winn, M.D., van Campenhout, S., Volckaert, G., Delcour, J.A., Strelkov, S.V., Rabijns, A., Courtin, C.M.
Biochem.J.