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Feruloyl esterase (EC 3.1.1.73)

Enzyme
Enzyme Class
Dates
  • Modify:
    2024-12-29
Description

Catalyzes the hydrolysis of the 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamoyl (feruloyl) group from an esterified sugar, which is usually arabinose in 'natural' substrates

p-nitrophenol acetate and methyl ferulate are poorer substrates

All microbial ferulate esterases are secreted into the culture medium

They are sometimes called hemicellulase accessory enzymes, since they help xylanases and pectinases to break down plant cell wall hemicellulose

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • Cinnamoyl ester hydrolase
  • Ferulic acid esterase
  • Hydroxycinnamoyl esterase

2 Catalytic Activity

Feruloyl-polysaccharide + H(2)O = ferulate + polysaccharide

3 Literature

3.1 Protein-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

3.2 Protein-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

3.3 Protein-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

4 Patents

4.1 Protein-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

4.2 Protein-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

5 Information Sources

  1. ENZYME
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    https://enzyme.expasy.org/enzyme.get
  2. PubChem
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