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CATH Superfamily 3.40.50.1820

Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold, catalytic domain

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
alpha/beta hydrolase
".

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FunFam 495: Carboxylic ester hydrolase

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Feruloyl esterase. [EC: 3.1.1.73]
Feruloyl-polysaccharide + H(2)O = ferulate + polysaccharide.
  • Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamoyl (feruloyl) group from an esterified sugar, which is usually arabinose in 'natural' substrates.
  • p-nitrophenol acetate and methyl ferulate are poorer substrates.
  • All microbial ferulate esterases are secreted into the culture medium.
  • They are sometimes called hemicellulase accessory enzymes, since they help xylanases and pectinases to break down plant cell wall hemicellulose.
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