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BIOENGINEERED
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 125-131Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2015.1030543
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alginate lyase; applications; classification; structure; substrate specificity
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Alginate lyases catalyze the degradation of alginate, a complex copolymer of alpha-L-guluronate and its C5 epimer beta-D-mannuronate. The enzymes have been isolated from various kinds of organisms with different substrate specificities, including algae, marine mollusks, marine and terrestrial bacteria, and some viruses and fungi. With the progress of structural biology, many kinds of alginate lyases of different polysaccharide lyases families have been characterized by obtaining crystal structures, and the catalytic mechanism has also been elucidated. Combined with various studies, we summarized the source, classification and properties of the alginate lyases from different polysaccharide lyases families. The relationship between substrate specificity and protein sequence was also investigated.
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