CATH Domain 3w7vB00

CATH Classification

Level	CATH Code	Description
	3	Alpha Beta
	3.40	3-Layer(aba) Sandwich
	3.40.50	Rossmann fold
	3.40.50.1110	SGNH hydrolase

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily	SGNH hydrolase
Functional Family	Acetylxylan esterase

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	3W7V
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	A unique octameric structure of Axe2, an intracellular acetyl-xylooligosaccharide esterase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. Lansky, S., Alalouf, O., Solomon, H.V., Alhassid, A., Govada, L., Chayen, N.E., Belrhali, H., Shoham, Y., Shoham, G. Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.D