CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily SGNH hydrolase
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

3.1.1.72
Acetylxylan esterase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q09LX1
Deacetylation of xylans and xylo-oligosaccharides.
-!- Catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetyl groups from polymeric xylan, acetylated xylose, acetylated glucose, alpha-napthyl acetate, p-nitrophenyl acetate but not from triacetylglycerol. -!- Does not act on acetylated mannan or pectin.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q09LX1
AXE2_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Acetylxylan esterase

PDB Structure

PDB 4OAP
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
An Axe2 mutant (W190I), an acetyl-xylooligosaccharide esterase from Geobacillus Stearmophilus
Lansky, S., Alalouf, O., Solomon, H.V., Belrhali, H., Shoham, Y., Shoham, G.
To be Published