2,6-β-Fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase

Class of enzymes 2,6-β-Fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase 3.2.1.64 37288-46-3 2,6-β-Fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase (3.2.1.64, β-2,6-fructan-6-levanbiohydrolase, 2,6-β-D-fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase, levanbiose-producing levanase, 2,6-β-D-fructan 6-β-D-fructofuranosylfructohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name (2→6)-β-D-fructofuranan 6-(β-D-fructosyl)-D-fructose-hydrolase. Cleavage of fructans to levanbiose by a specific hydrolase Avigad, G. Zelikson, R. Bull. Res. Counc. Isr. 1963 11 253–257 Saito K, Kondo K, Kojima I, Yokota A, Tomita F Purification and characterization of 2,6-β-D-fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase from Streptomyces exfoliatus F3-2 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66 1 252–6 January 2000 10618232 91814 10.1128/aem.66.1.252-256.2000 2000ApEnM..66..252S Saito K, Oda Y, Tomita F, Yokota A Molecular cloning of the gene for 2,6-β-D-fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase from Streptomyces exfoliatus F3-2 FEMS Microbiology Letters 218 2 265–70 January 2003 12586402 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11527.x free Song EK, Kim H, Sung HK, Cha J Cloning and characterization of a levanbiohydrolase from Microbacterium laevaniformans ATCC 15953 Gene 291 1–2 45–55 May 2002 12095678 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00630-3 Jung Kang E, Lee SO, Lee JD, Lee TH Purification and characterization of a levanbiose-producing levanase from Pseudomonas sp. No. 43 Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry 29 Pt 3 263–8 June 1999 10.1111/j.1470-8744.1999.tb00558.x 10334957 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Hydrolysis of (2→6)-β-D-fructofuranan, to remove successive disaccharide residues as levanbiose, i.e. 6-(β-D-fructofuranosyl)-D-fructose, from the end of the chain References External links 2,6-beta-fructan+6-levanbiohydrolase Biology no Category:EC 3.2.1