xylanase
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Endo-1,4-β-xylanase (, systematic name 4-β-D-xylan xylanohydrolase) is any of a class of enzymes that degrade the linear polysaccharide xylan into xylose, thus breaking down hemicellulose, one of the major components of plant cell walls:
Key facts
- Enzyme.Name
- Endo-1,4-β-xylanase
- Enzyme.EC_number
- 3.2.1.8
- Enzyme.CAS_number
- 9025-57-4
- Enzyme.GO_code
- 0031176
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Research
7,872 papers- Expression of xylanase enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms in fungal hosts.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2002
- Xylanase from the psychrophilic yeast Cryptococcus adeliae.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2000
- Identification, heterologous expression, and characterisation of β-1,3-xylanase BcXyn26B from human gut bacterium Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2.Biotechnology letters · 2024
- Essential carboxy groups in xylanase A.The Biochemical journal · 1990
- Amino acid supplementation, controlled oxygen limitation and sequential double induction improves heterologous xylanase production by Pichia stipitis.FEMS yeast research · 2005
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Encyclopedic overview
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Endo-1,4-β-xylanase (, systematic name 4-β-D-xylan xylanohydrolase) is any of a class of enzymes that degrade the linear polysaccharide xylan into xylose, thus breaking down hemicellulose, one of the major components of plant cell walls: Endohydrolysis of (1→4)-β-D-xylosidic linkages in xylans
Xylanase plays a major role in micro-organisms thriving on plant sources for the degradation of plant matter into usable nutrients. Xylanases are produced by fungi, bacteria, yeast, marine algae, protozoans, snails, crustaceans, insect, seeds, etc.; mammals do not produce xylanases. However, the principal commercial source of xylanases is filamentous fungi.
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