Alpha-L-fucosidase

In enzymology, an alpha-L-fucosidase (EC number|3.2.1.51) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:an alpha-L-fucoside + H₂O $ightleftharpoons$ L-fucose + an alcohol

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are alpha-L-fucoside and H₂O, whereas its two products are L-fucose and alcohol.

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 alpha-L-fucoside fucohydrolase. This enzyme is also called alpha-fucosidase. This enzyme participates in n-glycan degradation and glycan structures - degradation.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 3 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1HL8, PDB link|1HL9, and PDB link|1ODU.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|9037-65-4."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes