Glycosylase Explained

Glycosylases (EC 3.2) are enzymes that hydrolyze glycosyl compounds.^[1] They are a type of hydrolase (EC 3). In turn, glycosylases are divided into two groups: glycosidases—enzymes that hydrolyze O- and S-glycosyl compounds (EC 3.2.1) -- and enzymes that hydrolyze N-glycosyl compounds (EC 3.2.2).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Enzyme Nomenclature Recommendations . Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . 2013-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917205637/http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/EC3/2/ . 2016-09-17 . dead .