Alginate lyases are enzymes that degrade the linear polysaccharide alignate. They cleave the glycosidic linkage of alignate through a beta-elimination reaction. This region forms an all beta fold, which is different to the all alpha fold of IPR008397.
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Crystal structure of the alginate (poly alpha-l-guluronate) lyase from Corynebacterium sp. at 1.2 A resolution.
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[PubMed: 15644208] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.081
Yamasaki M, Moriwaki S, Miyake O, Hashimoto W, Murata K, Mikami B.
Structure and function of a hypothetical Pseudomonas aeruginosa protein PA1167 classified into family PL-7: a novel alginate lyase with a beta-sandwich fold.
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[PubMed: 15136569] http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M402466200
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