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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 69
- Responsible Curator: ^^^Bernard Henrissat^^^
GH69 is a deleted family
Entries in GH69 were transferred to Polysaccharide Lyase Family 16 when it was shown that polysaccharide cleavage occurred via a beta elimination, rather than glycosidic bond hydrolysis [1, 2].
References
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| CAZy DB links | |
| https://www.cazy.org/GH69.html | |
| https://www.cazy.org/PL16.html |
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