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 P16278
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)

P16278
BGAL_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Beta-galactosidase

PDB Structure

PDB 3THD
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of human beta-galactosidase: structural basis of Gm1 gangliosidosis and morquio B diseases
Ohto, U., Usui, K., Ochi, T., Yuki, K., Satow, Y., Shimizu, T.
J.Biol.Chem.