Structural highlights
4uwt is a 1 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | BGC, CO, GOL, NAG, NPO, PEG |
| NonStd Res: | PCA |
| Activity: | Cellulose 1,4-beta-cellobiosidase (reducing end), with EC number 3.2.1.176 |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum |
Function
[GUX1_HYPJE] The biological conversion of cellulose to glucose generally requires three types of hydrolytic enzymes: (1) Endoglucanases which cut internal beta-1,4-glucosidic bonds; (2) Exocellobiohydrolases that cut the dissaccharide cellobiose from the non-reducing end of the cellulose polymer chain; (3) Beta-1,4-glucosidases which hydrolyze the cellobiose and other short cello-oligosaccharides to glucose.
