EC 3 - Hydrolases
EC 3.2 - Glycosylases
EC 3.2.1 - Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes hydrolyzing O- and S-glycosyl compounds
EC 3.2.1.4 - Cellulase
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 3.2.1.4
Names
Accepted name:
cellulase
Other
names:
9.5 cellulase
β-1,4-endoglucan hydrolase
β-1,4-glucanase
alkali cellulase
avicelase
celluase A
celludextrinase
cellulase A 3
cellulosin AP
endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase
endoglucanase D
pancellase SS
endo-1,4-β-glucanase
carboxymethyl cellulase
endoglucanase
endo-1,4-β-D-glucanohydrolase
1,4-(1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase
β-1,4-endoglucan hydrolase
β-1,4-glucanase
alkali cellulase
avicelase
celluase A
celludextrinase
cellulase A 3
cellulosin AP
endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase
endoglucanase D
pancellase SS
endo-1,4-β-glucanase
carboxymethyl cellulase
endoglucanase
endo-1,4-β-D-glucanohydrolase
1,4-(1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase
Systematic name:
4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase
Reaction
- Endohydrolysis of (1right4)-beta-D-glucosidic linkages in cellulose, lichenin and cereal beta-D-glucans
Comments:
Will also hydrolyse 1,4-linkages in β-D-glucans also containing 1,3-linkages.
Links to other databases
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00511
,
PROSITE:PDOC00563
,
PROSITE:PDOC00565
,
PROSITE:PDOC00640
,
PROSITE:PDOC00877
,
PROSITE:PDOC51172
Gene Ontology:
GO:0008810
CAS Registry Number:
9012-54-8
References
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Improved procedures for preparation and characterization of Myrothecum cellulase. III. Molecular weight, amino acid composition, terminal residues, and other properties.Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 41 : 697-705 (1963). [PMID: 14025219]
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Other glucosidases.In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.) The Enzymes , 2nd ed. vol. 4 , Academic Press , New York , 1960 , 369-378
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Partial purification and some properties of a cellulase from Helix pomatia.Biochem. J. 71 : 749-756 (1959). [PMID: 13651124]
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Cellulose splitting enzymes. VI. Difference in the specificities of cellulase and β-glucosidase from Irpex lacteus.Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 81 : 211-222 (1959).
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Improved procedures for preparation and characterization of myrothecium cellulase. 2. Purification procedures.Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 41 : 671-696 (1963). [PMID: 1400026]
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Purification and properties of an endoglucanase isolated from the cell walls of Zea mays seedlings.Carbohydr. Res. 148 : 265-278 (1986).
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Hydrolytic activity and substrate specificity of an endoglucanase from Zea mays seedling cell walls.Plant Physiol. 83 : 203-207 (1987). [PMID: 16665203]
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Polypeptide characteristics and immunological properties of exo- and endoglucanases purified from maize coleoptile cell walls.J. Plant Physiol. 154 : 334-340 (1999).
[EC 3.2.1.4 created 1961, modified 2001]