1,2-alpha-L-fucosidase

In enzymology, a 1,2-alpha-L-fucosidase (EC number|3.2.1.63) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:methyl-2-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-beta-D-galactoside + H₂O $ightleftharpoons$ L-fucose + methyl beta-D-galactoside

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are methyl-2-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-beta-D-galactoside and H₂O, whereas its two products are L-fucose and methyl beta-D-galactoside.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 2-alpha-L-fucopyranosyl-beta-D-galactoside fucohydrolase. Other names in common use include almond emulsin fucosidase, and alpha-(1->2)-L-fucosidase.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 4 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|2EAB, PDB link|2EAC, PDB link|2EAD, and PDB link|2EAE.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|37288-45-2."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes