Inulinase

Inulinase
Identifiers
EC number 3.2.1.7
CAS number 9025-67-6
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Inulinase (EC 3.2.1.7, inulase, endoinulinase, endo-inulinase, exoinulinase, 2,1-beta-D-fructan fructanohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name 1-beta-D-fructan fructanohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endohydrolysis of (2->1)-beta-D-fructosidic linkages in inulin

References

  1. Adams M, Richtmyer NK, Hudson CS (1943). "Some enzymes present in highly purified invertase preparations; a contribution to the study of fructofuranosidases, galactosidases, glucosidases and mannosidases". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 65: 1369–1380. doi:10.1021/ja01247a029.
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