CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family Beta-galactosidase

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.23
Beta-galactosidase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00722
Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing beta-D-galactose residues in beta-D- galactosides.
-!- Some enzymes in this group hydrolyze alpha-L-arabinosides; some animal enzymes also hydrolyze beta-D-fucosides and beta-D-glucosides (cf. EC 3.2.1.108).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00722
BGAL_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Beta-galactosidase

PDB Structure

PDB 3T0B
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
er-796 of Beta-Galactosidase (E. coli) Plays a Key Role in Maintaining an Optimum Balance between the Opened and Closed Conformations of the Catalytically Important Active Site Loop
Jancewicz, L.J., Wheatley, R.W., Sutendra, G., Lee, M., Fraser, M.E., Huber, R.E.
Arch.Biochem.Biophys.