Glycoside Hydrolase Family 8

Known Activitieschitosanase (EC 3.2.1.132); cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4); licheninase (EC 3.2.1.73); endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8); reducing-end-xylose releasing exo-oligoxylanase (EC 3.2.1.156)
Mechanism Inverting
ClanGH-M
3D Structure Status( α / α ) 6
Catalytic Nucleophile/BaseAsp (inferred)
Catalytic Proton DonorGlu (experimental)
Noteformerly known as cellulase family D
External resourcesCAZypedia; InterPro; PFAM; PRINTS; PROSITE;
Commercial Enzyme Provider(s)NZYTech; PROZOMIX;
Statistics GenBank accession (446); Uniprot accession (204); PDB accession (24); 3D entries (6); cryst (0)