Biology:List of glycoside hydrolase families

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Glycoside hydrolases (O-Glycosyl hydrolases) EC 3.2.1. are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycosyl hydrolases, based on sequence similarity, has led to the definition of numerous different families.[1][2][3] This classification is available on the CAZy (CArbohydrate-Active EnZymes) web site.[4] Because the fold of proteins is better conserved than their sequences, some of the families can be grouped in 'clans'. As of October 2011, CAZy includes 128 families of glycosyl hydrolases and 14 clans.

References

  1. "Conserved catalytic machinery and the prediction of a common fold for several families of glycosyl hydrolases". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (15): 7090–7094. 1995. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.15.7090. PMID 7624375. Bibcode1995PNAS...92.7090H. 
  2. "Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases". Structure 3 (9): 853–859. 1995. doi:10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00220-9. PMID 8535779. 
  3. "Updating the sequence-based classification of glycosyl hydrolases". Biochem. J. 316 (2): 695–6. June 1996. doi:10.1042/bj3160695. PMID 8687420. 
  4. "The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics". Nucleic Acids Res. 37 (Database issue): D233–8. January 2009. doi:10.1093/nar/gkn663. PMID 18838391.