Glycosyl hydrolase family 43-like protein such as Clostridium stercorarium alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase XylA
This glycosyl hydrolase family 43 (GH43) subgroup belongs to the GH43_AXH-like subgroup which includes enzymes that have been characterized with beta-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37), alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55), alpha-1,2-L-arabinofuranosidase 43A (arabinan-specific; EC 3.2.1.-), endo-alpha-L-arabinanase as well as arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase (AXH) activities. GH43 are inverting enzymes (i.e. they invert the stereochemistry of the anomeric carbon atom of the substrate) that have an aspartate as the catalytic general base, a glutamate as the catalytic general acid and another aspartate that is responsible for pKa modulation and orienting the catalytic acid. Many GH43 enzymes display both alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase and beta-D-xylosidase activity using aryl-glycosides as substrates. The GH43_XylA-like subgroup includes Clostridium stercorarium alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase XylA, and enzymes that have been annotated as having beta-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37), alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55), endo-alpha-L-arabinanase (EC 3.2.1.-) as well as arabinoxylan arabinofuranohydrolase (AXH) activities. GH43 are inverting enzymes (i.e. they invert the stereochemistry of the anomeric carbon atom of the substrate) that have an aspartate as the catalytic general base, a glutamate as the catalytic general acid and another aspartate that is responsible for pKa modulation and orienting the catalytic acid. Many GH43 enzymes display both alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase and beta-D-xylosidase activity using aryl-glycosides as substrates. AXHs specifically hydrolyze the glycosidic bond between arabinofuranosyl substituents and xylopyranosyl backbone residues of arabinoxylan.
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