Glycoside Hydrolase Family 73

Known Activitiespeptidoglycan hydrolase with endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase specificity (EC 3.2.1.-)
Mechanism Not known
3D Structure Statuslysozyme-type
Catalytic Nucleophile/BaseNot known
Catalytic Proton DonorGlu
NoteThe 3-D structure of Sphingomonas sp. strain A1 FlgJ protein of this family has recently been solved (Hashimotoa et al., BBRC 2009, in press); there is only one, unconfirmed, report of b-1,4-N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase (EC 3.2.1.17) activity
External resourcesInterPro; PFAM;
Statistics GenBank accession (1463); Uniprot accession (686); PDB accession (3); 3D entries (3); cryst (1)
All (1248) Bacteria (1205) Viruses (42) unclassified (1) Structure (3 - 1 cryst) Characterized (18)