Glycoside Hydrolase Family 8

Activities in Familychitosanase (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); endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase / lichenase-laminarinase (EC 3.2.1.6)
Mechanism Inverting
ClanGH-M
3D Structure Status( α / α ) 6 barrel
Catalytic Nucleophile/BaseAsp (inferred)
Catalytic Proton DonorGlu (experimental)
Noteformerly known as cellulase family D
External resourcesCAZypedia; PRINTS; PROSITE;
Commercial Enzyme Provider(s)NZYTech; PROZOMIX;
Statistics GenBank accession (9258); Uniprot accession (83); PDB accession (49); 3D entries (18); cryst (1)


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