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Glycoside Hydrolase Family 112
| Glycoside Hydrolase Family 112 | |
| Clan | none |
| Mechanism | inverting |
| Active site residues | known |
| CAZy DB link | |
| http://www.cazy.org/fam/GH112.html | |
Substrate specificities
This family contains beta-galactoside phosphorolyzing enzymes, β-1,3-D-galactosyl-D-hexososamine phosphorylase [1] and β-1,4-D-gaactosyl-L-rhamnose phosphorylase [2]. The former enzymes are subcategorized into galacto-N-biose phosphorylase, (GNBP) [3], lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase (LNBP) [4], and galacto-N-biose/lacto-N-biose I phosphorylase (GLNBP) [1,4,5] based on the substrate preference on galacto-N-biose (GNB, Gal-β1,3-GalNAc) and lacto-N-biose I (LNB, Gal-β1,3-GlcNAc) [4].
Kinetics and Mechanism
Catalytic Residues
Three-dimensional structures
Family Firsts
- First sterochemistry determination
- First catalytic nucleophile identification
- First general acid/base residue identification
- First 3-D structure
- Cite some reference here, with a short explanation [1].
References
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