IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.2.1.137

Accepted name: mannan exo-1,2-1,6-α-mannosidase

Reaction: Hydrolysis of (1→2)-α-D- and (1→6)-α-D- linkages in yeast mannan, releasing D-mannose

Other name(s): exo-1,2-1,6-α-mannosidase

Systematic name: (1→2)-(1→6)-α-D-mannan D-mannohydrolase

Comments: Mannose residues linked α-D-1,3- are also released, but very slowly.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 123175-72-4

References:

1. Takegawa, K., Miki, S., Jikibara, T. and Iwahara, S. Purification and characterization of exo-α-D-mannosidase from a Cellulomonas sp. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 991 (1989) 431-437.

[EC 3.2.1.137 created 1992]


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