EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.2 - Glycosylases
EC 3.2.1 - Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes hydrolyzing O- and S-glycosyl compounds
EC 3.2.1.22 - α-galactosidase
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EC 3.2.1.22
Names
Accepted name:
α-galactosidase
Other
names:
α-D-galactosidase
α-galactosidase A
α-galactoside galactohydrolase
melibiase
α-galactosidase A
α-galactoside galactohydrolase
melibiase
Systematic name:
α-D-galactoside galactohydrolase
Reaction
- Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-D-galactose residues in alpha-D-galactosides, including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans and galactolipids
Cofactors
Comments:
Also hydrolyses α-D-fucosides.
Links to other databases
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00443
,
PROSITE:PDOC01027
Gene Ontology:
GO:0004557
,
GO:0052692
CAS Registry Number:
9025-35-8
References
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α-Galactosidase from Mortierella vinacea. Crystallization and properties.J. Biol. Chem. 245 : 781-786 (1970). [PMID: 5418105]
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[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]