Heparin lyase
| heparin lyase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.2.7 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9025-39-2 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a heparin lyase (EC 4.2.2.7) is an enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of polysaccharides containing 1,4-linked D-glucuronate or L-iduronate residues and 1,4-alpha-linked 2-sulfoamino-2-deoxy-6-sulfo-D-glucose residues to give oligosaccharides with terminal 4-deoxy-alpha-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on polysaccharides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is heparin lyase. Other names in common use include heparin eliminase, and heparinase.
References
- Hovingh P, Linker A (1970). "The enzymatic degradation of heparin and heparitin sulfate. 3 Purification of a heparitinase and a heparinase from flavobacteria". J. Biol. Chem. 245 (22): 6170–5. PMID 5484472.
