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CATH Superfamily 2.60.40.1760

glycosyl hydrolase (family 31)

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
glycosyl hydrolase (family 31)
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Functional Families

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FunFam 1: Maltase-glucoamylase, intestinal

There are 4 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Alpha-glucosidase. [EC: 3.2.1.20]
Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing (1->4)-linked alpha-D-glucose residues with release of alpha-D-glucose.
  • Group of enzymes whose specificity is directed mainly toward the exohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-glucosidic linkages, and that hydrolyze oligosaccharides rapidly, relative to polysaccharides, which are hydrolyzed relatively slowly, or not at all.
  • The intestinal enzyme also hydrolyzes polysaccharides, catalyzing the reactions of EC 3.2.1.3, and, more slowly, hydrolyzes 1,6-alpha-D- glucose links.
 7 O43451 O43451 P10253 P70699 Q5R7A9 Q6P7A9 Q9MYM4
Sucrose alpha-glucosidase. [EC: 3.2.1.48]
Hydrolysis of sucrose and maltose by an alpha-D-glucosidase-type action.
  • Isolated from intestinal mucosa as a single polypeptide chain also displaying activity toward isomaltose (EC 3.2.1.10).
 4 P14410 P14410 P23739 P23739
Oligo-1,6-glucosidase. [EC: 3.2.1.10]
Hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in some oligosaccharides produced from starch and glycogen by alpha-amylase, and in isomaltose.
  • This enzyme, like EC 3.2.1.33, can release an alpha-1->6-linked glucose, whereas the shortest chain that can be released by EC 3.2.1.41, EC 3.2.1.142 and EC 3.2.1.68 is maltose.
  • It also hydrolyzes isomaltulose (palatinose), isomaltotriose and panose, but has no action on glycogen or phosphorylase limit dextrin.
  • The enzyme from intestinal mucosa is a single polypeptide chain that also catalyzes the reaction of EC 3.2.1.48.
  • Differs from EC 3.2.1.33 in its preference for short-chain substrates and in its not requiring the 6-glucosylated residue to be at a branch point, i.e. linked at both C-1 and C-4.
 4 P14410 P14410 P23739 P23739
Glucan 1,4-alpha-glucosidase. [EC: 3.2.1.3]
Hydrolysis of terminal (1->4)-linked alpha-D-glucose residues successively from non-reducing ends of the chains with release of beta-D- glucose.
  • Most forms of the enzyme can rapidly hydrolyze 1,6-alpha-D-glucosidic bonds when the next bond in the sequence is 1,4, and some preparations of this enzyme hydrolyze 1,6- and 1,3-alpha-D-glucosidic bonds in other polysaccharides.
  • This entry covers all such enzymes acting on polysaccharides more rapidly than on oligosaccharides.
  • EC 3.2.1.20 from mammalian intestine can catalyze similar reactions.
 2 O43451 O43451
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