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Carbohydrate esterase family 6 (CE6) comprises only acetylxylan esterases (EC 3.1.1.72) - an activity also found in families CE2, CE3, CE4, CE5, CE7, and CE12 [1].
Kinetics and Mechanism
CE6 acetyl xylan esterases target the 2-, 3- or 2,3-linked O-acetyl substituents on the β-1,4-linked xylopyranosyl moieties that comprise the xylan backbone.
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
Arabidopsis thaliana apo acetyl xylan esterase in 2005 PDB ID 2APJ [2].
Davies, G.J. and Sinnott, M.L. (2008) Sorting the diverse: the sequence-based classifications of carbohydrate-active enzymes. The Biochemist, vol. 30, no. 4., pp. 26-32. Download PDF version. [DaviesSinnott2008]
