Glycoside Hydrolase Family 3

Activities in Family	β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21); xylan 1,4-β-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37); β-glucosylceramidase (EC 3.2.1.45); β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (EC 3.2.1.52); α-L-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55); glucan 1,4-β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.74); isoprimeverose-producing oligoxyloglucan hydrolase (EC 3.2.1.120); coniferin β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.126); exo-1,3-1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.-); β-N-acetylglucosaminide phosphorylases (EC 2.4.1.-); β-1,2-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.-); β-1,3-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.-); xyloglucan-specific exo-β-1,4-glucanase / exo-xyloglucanase (EC 3.2.1.155); stevioside-β-1,2-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.-); lichenase / endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.73); protodioscin 26-O-β-D-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.186); β-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31); avenacinase (EC 3.2.1.-); tomatinase β-1,2-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.-)
Mechanism	Retaining e
3D Structure Status	( β / α ) ₈ barrel
Catalytic Nucleophile/Base	Asp (experimental);
Catalytic Proton Donor	Glu for hydrolases (experimental); histidine for phosphorylases (experimental)
Note	A recent paper by Macdonald et al. (PMID=25533455) has shown that some enzymes that cleave b-hexosaminides are in fact retaining b-glycoside phosphorylases.
External resources	CAZypedia; HOMSTRAD; PRINTS; PROSITE;
Commercial Enzyme Provider(s)	MEGAZYME; PROZOMIX ;
Statistics	GenBank accession (57112); Uniprot accession (355); PDB accession (194); 3D entries (56); cryst (3)