1,4-beta-D-xylan synthase
| 1,4-beta-D-xylan synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 2.4.2.24 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 37277-73-9 | ||||||||
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| 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 1,4-beta-D-xylan synthase (EC 2.4.2.24) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- UDP-D-xylose + (1,4-beta-D-xylan)n UDP + (1,4-beta-D-xylan)n+1
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-D-xylose and (1,4-beta-D-xylan)n, whereas its two products are UDP and (1,4-beta-D-xylan)n+1.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the pentosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-D-xylose:1,4-beta-D-xylan 4-beta-D-xylosyltransferase. Other names in common use include uridine diphosphoxylose-1,4-beta-xylan xylosyltransferase, 1,4-beta-xylan synthase, xylan synthase, and xylan synthetase. This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism and nucleotide sugars metabolism.
References
- Bailey RW; Hassid WZ (1966). "Xylan synthesis from uridine-diphosphate-D-xylose by particulate preparations from immature corncobs". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 56 (5): 1586–1593. doi:10.1073/pnas.56.5.1586. PMC 220039. PMID 16591393.