Conserved sequence motifs in levansucrases and bifunctional β‐xylosidases and α‐l‐arabinases
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 448 (1) , 177-179
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00369-5
Abstract
Comparison of the amino acid sequences of two families of glycosyl hydrolases reveals that they are related in a region in the central part of the sequences. One of these families (GH family 68) includes levansucrases and the other one (glycosyl hydrolase family 43) includes bifunctional β‐xylosidases and α‐l‐arabinofuranosidases. The similarity of the primary structure of proteins from these families allows us to consider the invariant glutamate residue as a component of their active center. It is shown for the first time that glycosyl hydrolases recognizing different glycofuranoside residues can have a common sequence motif.Keywords
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