Activities in Family | AA11 proteins are copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs); cleavage of chitin chains with oxidation of C-1 has been demonstrated for a AA11 LPMO from Aspergillus oryzae;lytic chitin monooxygenase (1.14.99.53) |
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Mechanism | monooxygenase |
Note | Family built after Hemsworth et al. Nature Chem. Biol. (2014) 10, 122-126 (PMID 24362702); distantly related to family AA9. |
External resources | CAZypedia; |
Statistics | GenBank accession (301); Uniprot accession (2); PDB accession (3); 3D entries (2); cryst (0) |