UniProt functional annotation for O42807

UniProt code: O42807.

Organism: Aspergillus niger.
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiomycetidae; Eurotiales; Aspergillaceae; Aspergillus; Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati.
 
Function: Involved in degradation of plant cell walls. Hydrolyzes the feruloyl-arabinose ester bond in arabinoxylans, and the feruloyl- galactose ester bond in pectin. Binds to cellulose. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11931668, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15081808, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17027758, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7805053, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9406381, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9649839, ECO:0000269|Ref.5}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Feruloyl-polysaccharide + H(2)O = ferulate + polysaccharide.; EC=3.1.1.73;
Activity regulation: Inhibited by the specific serine esterase inhibitor diisopropylfluorophosphate. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9649839}.
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.31 mM for methyl ferulate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17027758}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 5.0. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17027758}; Temperature dependence: Optimum temperature is 55-60 degrees Celsius. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17027758};
Subcellular location: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9406381, ECO:0000269|Ref.5}.
Induction: By xylose and arabinose, probably via the xylanolytic transcriptional activator XlnR. By ferulic acid, vanillic acid and other aromatic residues with the following substituants on the aromatic ring: a methoxy group at C-3, a hydroxy group at C-4 and an unsubstituted C-5. Repressed by simple sugars, probably via the carbon catabolite repressor protein CreA. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10584009, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11931668}.
Ptm: Glycosylated. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:17027758}.
Mass spectrometry: Mass=29738; Mass_error=50; Method=MALDI; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9406381};
Similarity: Belongs to the AB hydrolase superfamily. FaeA family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.