Alpha-neoagaro-oligosaccharide hydrolase | |
Ec Number: | 3.2.1.159 |
Cas Number: | 60063-77-6 |
Alpha-neoagaro-oligosaccharide hydrolase (alpha-neoagarooligosaccharide hydrolase, alpha-NAOS hydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name alpha-neoagaro-oligosaccharide 3-glycohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Hydrolysis of the (1->3)-alpha-L-galactosidic linkages of neoagaro-oligosaccharides that are smaller than a hexamer, yielding 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose and D-galactose
When neoagarohexaose is used as a substrate, the oligosaccharide is cleaved at the non-reducing end to produce 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose and agaropentaose, which is further hydrolysed to agarobiose and agarotriose.