InterPro domain: IPR028829
General Information
- Identifier IPR028829
- Description Exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase
- Number of genes 2
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- Associated GO terms GO:0000272 GO:0052761 GO:0005576
Abstract
Exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase ( 3.2.1.165 ) is an enzyme found in fungi and bacteria that hydrolyses chitosan and chitooligosaccharides with retention of anomeric configuration. It has no beta-mannosidase activity [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].
1. Two exo-beta-D-glucosaminidases/exochitosanases from actinomycetes define a new subfamily within family 2 of glycoside hydrolases. Biochem. J. 394, 675-86
2. Purification and characterization of an exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase, a novel type of enzyme, from Nocardia orientalis. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 10088-94
3. Cloning and heterologous expression of the exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase-encoding gene (gls93) from a filamentous fungus, Trichoderma reesei PC-3-7. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 72, 687-95
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