Hydrolases;
Glycosylases;
Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds
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alpha-D-glucosiduronate glucuronohydrolase

an alpha-D-glucuronoside + H2O = an alcohol + D-glucuronate [RN:R01480]

R01480
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alpha-D-glucuronoside [CPD:C06370];
H2O [CPD:C00001]

Considerable differences in the specificities of the enzymes from different fungi for alpha-D-glucosiduronates have been reported. Activity is also found in the snail.

EC 3.2.1.139 created 1999

1

Puls, J.

alpha-Glucuronidases in the hydrolysis of wood xylans.

In: Visser, J., Kusters van Someren, M.A., Beldman, G. and Voragen, A.G.J. (Eds.), Xylans and Xylanases, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1992, p. 213-224.

2

Uchida, H., Nanri, T., Kawabata, Y., Kusakabe, I., Murakami, K.

Purification and characterization of intracellular alpha-glucuronidase from Aspergillus niger.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 56:1608-1615 (1992)