CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily SGNH hydrolase
Functional Family Acetylxylan esterase

Enzyme Information

3.1.1.72
Acetylxylan esterase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q09LX1
Deacetylation of xylans and xylo-oligosaccharides.
-!- Catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetyl groups from polymeric xylan, acetylated xylose, acetylated glucose, alpha-napthyl acetate, p-nitrophenyl acetate but not from triacetylglycerol. -!- Does not act on acetylated mannan or pectin.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q09LX1
AXE2_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Acetylxylan esterase

PDB Structure

PDB 3W7V
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
A unique octameric structure of Axe2, an intracellular acetyl-xylooligosaccharide esterase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus.
Lansky, S., Alalouf, O., Solomon, H.V., Alhassid, A., Govada, L., Chayen, N.E., Belrhali, H., Shoham, Y., Shoham, G.
Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.D