Reaction: breaks a β-(1→4) bond in the backbone of a xyloglucan and transfers the xyloglucanyl segment on to O-4 of the non-reducing terminal glucose residue of an acceptor, which can be a xyloglucan or an oligosaccharide of xyloglucan
Other name(s): endo-xyloglucan transferase; xyloglucan endotransglycosylase
Systematic name: xyloglucan:xyloglucan xyloglucanotransferase
Comments: does not use cello-oligosaccharides as either donor or acceptor.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 141588-40-1
References:
1. Fry, S.C., Smith, R.C., Renwick, K.F., Hodge, S.C., Matthews, K.J. Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase, a new cell wall-loosening activity from plants. Biochem. J. 282 (1992) 821-828. [PMID: 1554366]
2. Nishitani, K., Tominaga, R. Endoxyloglucan transferase, a novel class of glucosyltransferase that catalyzes transfer of a segment of xyloglucan to another xyloglucan molecule. J. Biol. Chem. 267 (1992) 21058-21064. [PMID: 1400418]
3. De Silva, J., Jarman, C.D., Arrowsmith, D.A., Stronach, M.S., Chengappa, S., Sidebottom, C., Reid, J.S.G. Molecular characterisation of a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1→4)-β-D-glucanase (xyloglucan endotransglucosylase) from nasturtium seeds. Plant J. 3 (1993) 701-711. [PMID: 8374619]
4. Lorences, E.P., Fry, S.C. Xyloglucan oligosaccharides with at least two α-D-xylose residues act as acceptor substrates for xyloglucan endotransglycosylase and promote the depolymerisation of xyloglucan. Plant Physiol. 88 (1993) 105-112.