Term Information

Accession
GO:0047488
Name
heparin lyase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
heparan sulfate lyase activity, heparin eliminase activity, heparinase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the eliminative cleavage of polysaccharides containing 1,4-linked D-glucuronate or L-iduronate residues and 1,4-alpha-linked 2-sulfoamino-2-deoxy-6-sulfo-D-glucose residues to give oligosaccharides with terminal 4-deoxy-alpha-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl groups at their nonreducing ends. Source: MetaCyc:4.2.2.7-RXN, EC:4.2.2.7
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0047488 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of heparin lyase activity (GO:0047488)
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heparin lyase activity [is_a relation] is_a  carbon-oxygen lyase activity, acting on polysaccharides (GO:0016837)

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EC
4.2.2.7
MetaCyc
4.2.2.7-RXN