Reaction: Hydrolysis of the 6-sulfate groups of the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate units of heparan sulfate and keratan sulfate
Other name(s): chondroitinsulfatase; O,N-disulfate O-sulfohydrolase; acetylglucosamine 6-sulfatase; N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfate sulfatase; acetylglucosamine 6-sulfatase; 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose 6-sulfate sulfatase
Systematic name: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate 6-sulfohydrolase
Comments: May be identical with EC 3.1.6.11 disulfoglucosamine-6-sulfatase.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 65666-34-4
References:
1. Basner, R., Kresse, H. and von Figura, K. N-Acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase from human urine. J. Biol. Chem. 254 (1979) 1151-1158. [PMID: 762121]
2. Kresse, H., Fuchs, W., Glössl, J., Holtfrerich, D. and Gilberg, W. Liberation of N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfate by human β-N-acetylhexosaminidase A. J. Biol. Chem. 256 (1981) 12926-12932. [PMID: 6458607]
3. Weissmann, B., Chao, H. and Chow, P. A glucosamine O,N-disulfate O-sulfohydrolase with a probable role in mammalian catabolism of heparan sulfate. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 97 (1980) 827-833. [PMID: 6451222]