ID   3.2.1.158
DE   alpha-agarase.
AN   agarase A33.
CA   Endohydrolysis of 1,3-alpha-L-galactosidic linkages in agarose, yielding
CA   agarotetraose as the major product.
CC   -!- The enzyme from Thalassomonas sp. can use agarose, agarohexaose and
CC       neoagarohexaose as substrate.
CC   -!- The products of agarohexaose hydrolysis are dimers and tetramers,
CC       with agarotetraose being the predominant product, whereas hydrolysis
CC       of neoagarohexaose gives rise to two types of trimer.
CC   -!- While the enzyme can also hydrolyze the highly sulfated agarose
CC       porphyran very efficiently, it cannot hydrolyze kappa-carrageenan and
CC       iota-carrageenan.
DR   Q9LAP7, AAGAR_ALTAG;  A1IGV8, AAGAR_THASX;
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