Extracellular endo-alpha-(1->5)-L-arabinanase 1

UniProtKB accession:  P94522

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UniProtKB description:  Involved in the degradation of arabinan and is a key enzyme in the complete degradation of the plant cell wall. Catalyzes the internal cleavage of alpha-(1->5)-L-arabinofuranosyl residues of linear 1,5-alpha-L-arabinan and of branched sugar beet arabinan. It displays no activity against heavily substituted arabinans or a range of other polysaccharides (larch wood arabinogalactan, wheat arabinoxylan and p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside). The enzyme activity is progressively reduced as alpha-(1->5)-chains become shorter or more highly substituted.