Beta-agarase
Definition:
EC Tree > 3 Hydrolases > 3.2 Glycosylases > 3.2.1 Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds > 3.2.1.81 beta-agarase
Beta-agarase is a marine endoglycosidase from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans that also acts on porphyran, more slowly; it cleaves the beta-(1->4) linkages of agarose randomly with retention of the anomeric-bond configuration, producing beta-anomers that mutarotate progressively toward alpha; end products of AgaA are neoagarotetraose and neoagarohexaose, while AgaB gives neoagarotetraose and neoagarobiose, so the predominant product is the tetramer. By digesting red-algal agarose it supports marine bacterial utilisation of agar. It is distributed across Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota.
Beta-agarase is a marine endoglycosidase from the marine bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans that also acts on porphyran, more slowly; it cleaves the beta-(1->4) linkages of agarose randomly with retention of the anomeric-bond configuration, producing beta-anomers that mutarotate progressively toward alpha; end products of AgaA are neoagarotetraose and neoagarohexaose, while AgaB gives neoagarotetraose and neoagarobiose, so the predominant product is the tetramer. By digesting red-algal agarose it supports marine bacterial utilisation of agar. It is distributed across Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryota.
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