UniProt functional annotation for Q08169

UniProt code: Q08169.

Organism: Apis mellifera (Honeybee).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Apoidea; Apidae; Apis.
 
Function: Hydrolyzes high molecular weight hyaluronic acid to produce small oligosaccharides. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Random hydrolysis of (1->4)-linkages between N-acetyl-beta-D- glucosamine and D-glucuronate residues in hyaluronate.; EC=3.2.1.35;
Subunit: Homotetramer.
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Tissue specificity: Expressed in the venom glands of worker bees. It is also detected in the testes of drones but not in the queen-bee venom glands or in pupae.
Ptm: N-glycosylated. Glycans found include a majority of small oligosaccharides (Man1-3GlcNAc2), most of which are either alpha 1,3- monofucosylated or alpha 1,3-(alpha 1,6-)difucosylated at the innermost GlcNAc residue, approximately 5% of high-mannose type structures, and 8% contains the terminal trisaccharide GalNAc beta 1-4[Fuc alpha 1- 3]GlcNAc beta 1-in beta 1,2-linkage to the core alpha 1,3-mannosyl residue. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10998264, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7795417}.
Allergen: Causes an allergic reaction in human.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 56 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.