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EC 3.2.1.22 - α-galactosidase

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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.2.1.22

Accepted name:

α-galactosidase

Other names:

α-D-galactosidase
α-galactosidase A
α-galactoside galactohydrolase
melibiase

Systematic name:

α-D-galactoside galactohydrolase

Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing α-D-galactose residues in α-D-galactosides, including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans and galactolipids

Also hydrolyses α-D-fucosides.

Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UniPathway

Protein domains and families: PROSITE:PDOC00443 , PROSITE:PDOC01027

Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB

Gene Ontology: GO:0004557 , GO:0052692

CAS Registry Number: 9025-35-8

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: (88) [show] [UniProt]

Suzuki, H., Li, S.-C. and Li, Y.-T.

α-Galactosidase from Mortierella vinacea. Crystallization and properties.

J. Biol. Chem. 245: 781-786 (1970). [PMID: 5418105]
Wiederschain, G. and Beyer, E.

[Interrelation of α-D-fucosidase and α-D-galactosidase activities in man and animals].

Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 231: 486-488 (1976). [PMID: 976079]

[EC 3.2.1.22 created 1961]