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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 116

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Glycoside Hydrolase Family GH116
Clan GH-x
Mechanism retaining
Active site residues known
CAZy DB link
https://www.cazy.org/GH116.html


Substrate specificities

              0  false    14    18 pt  18 pt  0  0    false  false  false                           

This family of glycoside hydrolases was recently discovered characterising a new β-glucosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus [1]. This enzyme is distantly related to the human non-lysosomal bile acid b-glucosidase GBA2, also known as glucocerebrosidase. GH116 contains acid β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.45), β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21) and β-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37) from the three domains of life.


Kinetics and Mechanism

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Catalytic Residues

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Three-dimensional structures

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Family Firsts

First stereochemistry determination
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First catalytic nucleophile identification
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First general acid/base residue identification
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First 3-D structure
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References

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  1. Error fetching PMID 17323919: [Comfort2007]
  2. Sinnott, M.L. (1990) Catalytic mechanisms of enzymic glycosyl transfer. Chem. Rev. 90, 1171-1202. DOI: 10.1021/cr00105a006

    [Sinnott1990]
  3. Error fetching PMID 9312086: [He1999]
  4. Robert V. Stick and Spencer J. Williams. (2009) Carbohydrates. Elsevier Science. [StickWilliams]

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