Entry
Name
feruloyl esterase;
ferulic acid esterase;
hydroxycinnamoyl esterase;
hemicellulase accessory enzyme;
FAE-III;
cinnamoyl ester hydrolase;
FAEA;
cinnAE;
FAE-I;
FAE-II
Class
Hydrolases;
Acting on ester bonds;
Carboxylic-ester hydrolases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamoyl-sugar hydrolase
Reaction(IUBMB)
feruloyl-polysaccharide + H2O = ferulate + polysaccharide [RN:
R07292 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
Product
Comment
Catalyses the hydrolysis of the 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamoyl (feruloyl) group from an esterified sugar, which is usually arabinose in "natural" substrates. p-Nitrophenol acetate and methyl ferulate are poorer substrates. All microbial ferulate esterases are secreted into the culture medium. They are sometimes called hemicellulase accessory enzymes, since they help xylanases and pectinases to break down plant cell wall hemicellulose.
History
EC 3.1.1.73 created 2000
Orthology
Genes
QSU : 112001376 112018612 112023400
NTE : NEUTE1DRAFT85102(NEUTE1DRAFT_85102)
TTT : THITE_2015229 THITE_2110888
MGR : MGG_02261 MGG_03502 MGG_03771 MGG_05366 MGG_05592 MGG_08737 MGG_09404 MGG_09732
PPEI : PpBr36_04184 PpBr36_04243 PpBr36_04970 PpBr36_06641 PpBr36_06846 PpBr36_07840 PpBr36_07961
TMN : UCRPA7_2100 UCRPA7_8553
SSCK : SPSK_01569 SPSK_02368 SPSK_03120
FGR : FGSG_02133 FGSG_02987 FGSG_03217 FGSG_12548
FPU : FPSE_00560 FPSE_02253 FPSE_05957 FPSE_06743
FVR : FVEG_09947 FVEG_10673 FVEG_10901
FOX : FOXG_10855 FOXG_12102 FOXG_12213
NHE : NECHADRAFT_3048 NECHADRAFT_44313 NECHADRAFT_45501 NECHADRAFT_52465 NECHADRAFT_54635 NECHADRAFT_87768
PLJ : VFPFJ_04783 VFPFJ_06326 VFPFJ_08419 VFPFJ_10100
VAL : VDBG_03179 VDBG_03328 VDBG_05157 VDBG_09476
VDA : VDAG_02088 VDAG_02231 VDAG_04710 VDAG_08954
CFJ : CFIO01_00430 CFIO01_01058 CFIO01_01906 CFIO01_02845 CFIO01_04572 CFIO01_06060 CFIO01_08302 CFIO01_08559
CHIG : CH63R_01609 CH63R_03884 CH63R_06130 CH63R_13786
ELA : UCREL1_11484 UCREL1_2057 UCREL1_2431 UCREL1_2582 UCREL1_3459 UCREL1_5232 UCREL1_7581 UCREL1_8847 UCREL1_9853
PFY : PFICI_00099 PFICI_01021 PFICI_01057 PFICI_01618 PFICI_01652 PFICI_01716 PFICI_03356 PFICI_05116 PFICI_05362 PFICI_05379 PFICI_07356 PFICI_08480 PFICI_08700 PFICI_09608 PFICI_10113 PFICI_10614
BFU : BCIN_03g03990 BCIN_06g07000 BCIN_09g05740
PSCO : LY89DRAFT_100539 LY89DRAFT_101959 LY89DRAFT_590336 LY89DRAFT_594027 LY89DRAFT_598040 LY89DRAFT_701506 LY89DRAFT_708712 LY89DRAFT_710008
GLZ : GLAREA_00594 GLAREA_08472 GLAREA_13054
AFM : AFUA_6G00450 AFUA_6G09040
NFI : NFIA_047590 NFIA_054700
AOR : AO090001000066 AO090001000207 AO090001000582 AO090010000573 AO090102000013
ANG : ANI_1_1216104(An12g10390) ANI_1_1250134(An15g02110) ANI_1_1478084(An09g05350) ANI_1_1592134(An15g05280) ANI_1_1684184(An04g02780) ANI_1_1784104(An12g04630) ANI_1_2184074(An08g08140) ANI_1_3450014(An01g15200) ANI_1_4084(An09g00120)
AFV : AFLA_008409 AFLA_011465 AFLA_012712 AFLA_014059
ALUC : AKAW2_40010A AKAW2_40552A AKAW2_51308S AKAW2_51649S AKAW2_60233A AKAW2_60486A AKAW2_60854S AKAW2_61349A
ACHE : ACHE_80698A(FAEB-2)
APUU : APUU_11453A APUU_21342A(FAEB-2) APUU_40652S APUU_41626A
PCS : Pc12g08300 Pc20g07010
TMF : PMAA_038640 PMAA_099950
TRG : TRUGW13939_00917 TRUGW13939_03497 TRUGW13939_05545 TRUGW13939_05908 TRUGW13939_11954
PNO : SNOG_00136 SNOG_06696 SNOG_11318 SNOG_13802
PTE : PTT_12416 PTT_12984 PTT_16347 PTT_17574
BZE : COCCADRAFT_106019 COCCADRAFT_107501 COCCADRAFT_38715
BSC : COCSADRAFT_194858 COCSADRAFT_203908 COCSADRAFT_251711 COCSADRAFT_96234
BOR : COCMIDRAFT_100801 COCMIDRAFT_108716 COCMIDRAFT_52447 COCMIDRAFT_92119
AALT : CC77DRAFT_1019371 CC77DRAFT_1048231 CC77DRAFT_1049987 CC77DRAFT_975045
ZTR : MYCGRDRAFT_46238(FAE) MYCGRDRAFT_51439(MgFAE3) MYCGRDRAFT_66784(MgFAE2) MYCGRDRAFT_70803(FAE4)
PFJ : MYCFIDRAFT_185007 MYCFIDRAFT_30270 MYCFIDRAFT_55662
FFU : CLAFUR5_00512 CLAFUR5_01128 CLAFUR5_07619
BCOM : BAUCODRAFT_137637 BAUCODRAFT_245995 BAUCODRAFT_30088 BAUCODRAFT_35203
NPA : UCRNP2_10097 UCRNP2_1274 UCRNP2_6974 UCRNP2_8347 UCRNP2_9037
PPL : POSPLDRAFT_120190 POSPLDRAFT_55267 POSPLDRAFT_55907 POSPLDRAFT_62952
TVS : TRAVEDRAFT_123475 TRAVEDRAFT_126658 TRAVEDRAFT_131278 TRAVEDRAFT_131746 TRAVEDRAFT_172959 TRAVEDRAFT_51358 TRAVEDRAFT_51413 TRAVEDRAFT_69240 TRAVEDRAFT_74143
DSQ : DICSQDRAFT_52596 DICSQDRAFT_52624
SHS : STEHIDRAFT_126211 STEHIDRAFT_151150 STEHIDRAFT_64143 STEHIDRAFT_73397 STEHIDRAFT_96691
PSQ : PUNSTDRAFT_104163 PUNSTDRAFT_108576 PUNSTDRAFT_138836 PUNSTDRAFT_47644 PUNSTDRAFT_76843
ADL : AURDEDRAFT_113116 AURDEDRAFT_135226 AURDEDRAFT_136332 AURDEDRAFT_144198 AURDEDRAFT_183098 AURDEDRAFT_183614 AURDEDRAFT_34871 AURDEDRAFT_61403 AURDEDRAFT_74616 AURDEDRAFT_74642 AURDEDRAFT_86204 AURDEDRAFT_86205
GTR : GLOTRDRAFT_100026 GLOTRDRAFT_137441
MPR : MPER_10309 MPER_10968 MPER_11048
MRR : Moror_10075 Moror_13479 Moror_13482 Moror_3789 Moror_3790 Moror_5324 Moror_5325 Moror_8773 Moror_8776
MORE : E1B28_011681 E1B28_012928
SCM : SCHCODRAFT_258561 SCHCODRAFT_60993 SCHCODRAFT_61055
MLR : MELLADRAFT_104701 MELLADRAFT_107365 MELLADRAFT_47660 MELLADRAFT_66677 MELLADRAFT_91750
NPP : PP1Y_AT32980 PP1Y_Mpl720
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Faulds CB, Williamson G.
Title
The purification and characterization of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamic (ferulic) acid esterase from Streptomyces olivochromogenes.
Journal
Reference
2
Authors
Faulds, C.B. and Williamson, G.
Title
Purification and characterisation of a ferulic acid esterase (FAE-III) from Aspergillus niger. Specificity for the phenolic moiety and binding to microcrystalline cellulose.
Journal
Microbiology 140:779-787 (1994)
Reference
Authors
Kroon PA, Faulds CB, Williamson G.
Title
Purification and characterization of a novel esterase induced by growth of Aspergillus niger on sugar-beet pulp.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
de Vries RP, Michelsen B, Poulsen CH, Kroon PA, van den Heuvel RH, Faulds CB, Williamson G, van den Hombergh JP, Visser J
Title
The faeA genes from Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus tubingensis encode ferulic acid esterases involved in degradation of complex cell wall polysaccharides.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
5
Authors
Castanares, A., Mccrae, S.I. and Wood, T.M.
Title
Purification and properties of a feruloyl/p-coumaroyl esterase from the fungus Penicillium pinophilum.
Journal
Enzyme Microbiol Technol 14:875-884 (1992)
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 3.1.1.73
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 3.1.1.73