UniProt functional annotation for A2QFV7

UniProt code: A2QFV7.

Organism: Aspergillus niger (strain CBS 513.88 / FGSC A1513).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Pezizomycotina; Eurotiomycetes; Eurotiomycetidae; Eurotiales; Aspergillaceae; Aspergillus; Aspergillus subgen. Circumdati.
 
Function: Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase involved in the hydrolysis of xylan, a major structural heterogeneous polysaccharide found in plant biomass representing the second most abundant polysaccharide in the biosphere, after cellulose. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Endohydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-D-xylosidic linkages in xylans.; EC=3.2.1.8;
Pathway: Glycan degradation; xylan degradation.
Subcellular location: Secreted {ECO:0000250}.
Induction: Expressed in presence of xylan and repressed by glucose.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 10 (cellulase F) family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.