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Poly(alpha-L-guluronate) lyase

The enzyme guluronate-specific alginate lyase (, formerly called poly(α-<small>L</small>-guluronate) lyase) catalyzes the following process:

Eliminative cleavage of alginate to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-α-<small>L</small>-erythro-hex-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends and α-<small>L</small>-uluronate at their reducing end.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on polysaccharides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is alginate α-<small>L</small>-guluronate—uronate lyase. Other names in common use include alginase II, guluronate lyase, <small>L</small>-guluronan lyase, <small>L</small>-guluronate lyase, poly-α-<small>L</small>-guluronate lyase, and polyguluronate-specific alginate lyase.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code .

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