pectin lyase activity

id: GO:0047490
name: pectin lyase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: a pectin = an oligosaccharide with 4-deoxy-6-O-methyl-alpha-D-galact-4-enuronate end + a pectin. This reaction is the eliminative cleavage of (1->4)-alpha-D-galacturonan methyl ester to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-6-O-methyl-alpha-D-galact-4-enuronosyl groups at their nonreducing ends.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016837carbon-oxygen lyase activity, acting on polysaccharides