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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 82
| Glycoside Hydrolase Family GH82 | |
| Clan | none |
| Mechanism | inverting |
| Active site residues | not known |
| CAZy DB link | |
| http://www.cazy.org/fam/GH82.html | |
Substrate specificities
The two known members of family 82 enzymes cleave the β-1,4 galactosidic bond of the marine algal polysaccharide iota-carrageenan [1] yielding products of the neocarrabiose series.
Kinetics and Mechanism
Family 82 enzymes are inverting enzymes, as first shown by NMR [1] on the iota-carrageenase from Alteromonas fortis.
Catalytic Residues
Three-dimensional structures
Family Firsts
- First sterochemistry determination
- Cite some reference here, with a short explanation [1].
- First catalytic nucleophile identification
- First general acid/base residue identification
- First 3-D structure
The first 3D structure was determined by Michel et al[2].
References
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