Known Activities	chitosanase (EC 3.2.1.132); b-mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.25); endo-b-1,4-glucanase / cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4); glucan b-1,3-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.58); licheninase (EC 3.2.1.73); glucan endo-1,6-b-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.75); mannan endo-b-1,4-mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.78); endo-b-1,4-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8); cellulose b-1,4-cellobiosidase (EC 3.2.1.91); b-1,3-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.-); xyloglucan-specific endo-b-1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.151); mannan transglycosylase (EC 2.4.1.-); endo-b-1,6-galactanase (EC 3.2.1.164); endoglycoceramidase (EC 3.2.1.123); b-primeverosidase (EC 3.2.1.149); b-glucosylceramidase (EC 3.2.1.45); hesperidin 6-O-a-L-rhamnosyl-b-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.168); exo-b-1,4-glucanase / cellodextrinase (EC 3.2.1.74)
Mechanism	Retaining
Clan	GH-A
3D Structure Status	(b/a)8
Catalytic Nucleophile/Base	Glu (experimental)
Catalytic Proton Donor	Glu (experimental)
Note	Once known as cellulase family A; New: many members have been assigned to subfamilies as described by Aspeborg et al. (2012) BMC Evol Biol. 12(1):186 (PMID: 22992189).
External resources	CAZypedia; HOMSTRAD; PROSITE;
Commercial Enzyme Provider(s)	MEGAZYME; NZYTech; PROZOMIX;
Statistics	GenBank accession (4965); Uniprot accession (1919); PDB accession (120); 3D entries (39); cryst (0)

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