Xylan_1,4-b-xylosidase

Xylan 1,4-β-xylosidase

Xylan 1,4-β-xylosidase

Enzyme that breaks down xylan and xylobiose

Xylan 1,4-β-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37, xylobiase, β-xylosidase, exo-1,4-β-xylosidase, β-D-xylopyranosidase, exo-1,4-xylosidase, exo-1,4-β-D-xylosidase, 1,4-β-D-xylan xylohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-β-D-xylan xylohydrolase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of (1->4)-β-D-xylans, to remove successive Dxylose residues from the non-reducing termini
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This enzyme also hydrolyses xylobiose.

References

  1. [1]
    Chinchetru MA, Cabezas JA, Calvo P (1989). "Purification and characterization of a broad specificity β-glucosidase from sheep liver". The International Journal of Biochemistry. 21 (5): 469–76. doi:10.1016/0020-711X(89)90126-2. PMID 2503402.
  2. [2]
    Howard BH, Jones G, Purdom MR (January 1960). "The pentosanases of some rumen bacteria". The Biochemical Journal. 74 (1): 173–80. PMC 1204065. PMID 14403433.
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