Polymannuronate hydrolase

Polymannuronate hydrolase (EC 3.2.1.121, polymannuronic acid polymerase) is an enzyme with systematic name poly(mannuronide) mannuronohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endohydrolysis of the D-mannuronide linkages of polymannuronate
Polymannuronate hydrolase
Identifiers
EC number3.2.1.121
CAS number99283-64-4
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme does not act on alginic acid, which is a copolymer of polymannuronate.

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