Structural highlights
Function
PTLY_THEMA Cleaves unsaturated trigalacturonate from pectin. Activity is highest towards polygalacturonic acid, activity on methylated pectins decreases with an increasing degree of methylation.[1]
References
- ↑ Kluskens LD, van Alebeek GJ, Voragen AG, de Vos WM, van der Oost J. Molecular and biochemical characterization of the thermoactive family 1 pectate lyase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. Biochem J. 2003 Mar 1;370(Pt 2):651-9. PMID:12443532 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20021595
