Putative catalytic NodB homology domain of gellan lyase and similar proteins
This family is represented by the extracellular polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, gellan lyase (gellanase, EC 4.2.2.-), from Bacillus sp. The enzyme acts on gellan exolytically and releases a tetrasaccharide of glucuronyl-glucosyl-rhamnosyl-glucose with unsaturated glucuronic acid at the nonreducing terminus. The family also includes many uncharacterized prokaryotic polysaccharide deacetylases, which show high sequence similarity to Bacillus sp. gellan lyase. Although their biological functions remain unknown, all members of the family contain a conserved domain with a 6-stranded beta/alpha barrel, which is similar to the catalytic NodB homology domain of rhizobial NodB-like proteins, belonging to the larger carbohydrate esterase 4 (CE4) superfamily.
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