| EC |
3.2.1.80 |
| Accepted name: |
fructan β-fructosidase |
| Reaction: |
Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing (2→1)- and (2→6)-linked β-D-fructofuranose residues in fructans |
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For diagram of hydrolysis of the 2,6-bond, click here and the 2,1-bond, click here |
| Other name(s): |
exo-β-D-fructosidase; exo-β-fructosidase; polysaccharide β-fructofuranosidase; fructan exohydrolase |
| Systematic name: |
β-D-fructan fructohydrolase |
| Comments: |
Hydrolyses inulin and levan, and also sucrose. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-56-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
DaCosta, T. and Gibbons, R.J. Hydrolysis of levan by human plaque streptococci. Arch. Oral Biol. 13 (1968) 609–617. [PMID: 5244285] |
| 2. |
Jacques, N.J., Morrey-Jones, J.G. and Walker, G.J. Inducible and constitutive formation of fructanase in batch and continuous cultures of Streptococcus mutans. J. Gen. Microbiol. 131 (1985) 1625–1633. [DOI] [PMID: 4045423] |
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| [EC 3.2.1.80 created 1972] |
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