| 3-Deoxy-2-octulosonidase | |
| Ec Number: | 3.2.1.124 |
| Cas Number: | 103171-48-8 |
3-Deoxy-2-octulosonidase (2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate hydrolase, octulosylono hydrolase, octulofuranosylono hydrolase, octulopyranosylonohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name capsular-polysaccharide 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Endohydrolysis of the β-ketopyranosidic linkages of 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate in capsular polysaccharides
The bacteriophage enzyme depolymerizes polysaccharides containing 3-deoxy-2-octulosonide in the cell wall of Escherichia coli.