| EC |
4.2.2.11 |
| Accepted name: |
poly(α-L-guluronate) lyase |
| Reaction: |
Eliminative cleavage of polysaccharides containing a terminal α-L-guluronate group, to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-α-L-erythro-hex-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends |
| Other name(s): |
alginase II; guluronate lyase; L-guluronan lyase; L-guluronate lyase; poly-α-L-guluronate lyase; polyguluronate-specific alginate lyase; poly(α-L-1,4-guluronide) exo-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
poly[(1→4)-α-L-guluronide] exo-lyase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, IUBMB, KEGG, CAS registry number: 64177-88-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Boyd, J. and Turvey, J.R. Isolation of poly-α-L-guluronate lyase from Klebsiella aerogenes. Carbohydr. Res. 57 (1977) 163–171. [PMID: 332364] |
| 2. |
Davidson, I.W., Sutherland, I.W. and Lawson, C.J. Purification and properties of an alginate lyase from a marine bacterium. Biochem. J. 159 (1976) 707–713. [PMID: 1008828] |
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