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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 55
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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 55 | |
Clan | none |
Mechanism | inverting |
Active site residues | not known |
CAZy DB link | |
http://www.cazy.org/fam/GH55.html |
Substrate specificities
Kinetics and Mechanism
Catalytic Residues
Three-dimensional structures
Two tandem β-helix domains positioned side by side. The active site is located between them.
Family Firsts
- First sterochemistry determination
- Cite some reference here, with a short explanation.
- First catalytic nucleophile identification
- First general acid/base residue identification
- First 3-D structure
- β-1,3-Glucanase Lam55A from Phanerochaete chrysosporium K-3 by X-ray crystallography (PDB 3eqn and PDB 3eqo) [1].