IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.2.2

Accepted name: pectate lyase

Reaction: Eliminative cleavage of (1→4)-α-D-galacturonan to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-α-D-galact-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends

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Other name(s): polygalacturonic transeliminase; pectic acid transeliminase; polygalacturonate lyase; endopectin methyltranseliminase; pectate transeliminase; endogalacturonate transeliminase; pectic acid lyase; pectic lyase; α-1,4-D-endopolygalacturonic acid lyase; PGA lyase; PPase-N; endo-α-1,4-polygalacturonic acid lyase; polygalacturonic acid lyase; pectin trans-eliminase; Polygalacturonic acid trans-eliminase

Systematic name: (1→4)-α-D-galacturonan lyase

Comments: Favours pectate, the anion, over pectin, the methyl ester (which is the preferred substrate of EC 4.2.2.10, pectin lyase).

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9015-75-2

References:

1. Albersheim, P. and Killias, U. Studies relating to the purification and properties of pectin transeliminase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 97 (1962) 107-115.

2. Edstrom, R.D. and Phaff, H.J. Purification and certain properties of pectin trans-eliminase from Aspergillus fonsecaeus. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 2403-2408.

3. Edstrom, R.D. and Phaff, H.J. Eliminative cleavage of pectin and of oligogalacturonide methyl esters by pectin trans-eliminase. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 2409-2415.

4. Nagel, C.W. and Vaughn, R.H. The degradation of oligogalacturonides by the polygalacturonase of Bacillus polymyxa. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 94 (1961) 328.

5. Nasuno, S. and Starr, M.P. Polygalacturonic acid trans-eliminase of Xanthomonas campestris. Biochem. J. 104 (1967) 178-185. [PMID: 6035509]

6. Mayans, O., Scott, M., Connerton, I., Gravesen, T., Benen, J., Visser, J., Pickersgill, R. and Jenkins, J. Two crystal structures of pectin lyase A from Aspergillus reveal a pH driven conformational change and striking divergence in the substrate-binding clefts of pectin and pectate lyases. Structure 5 (1997) 677-689. [PMID: 9195887]

[EC 4.2.2.2 created 1965 as EC 4.2.99.3, transferred 1972 to EC 4.2.2.2, modified 2002]


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