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Fructan beta fructosidase

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EC number
  
3.2.1.80

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IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
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CAS number
  
37288-56-5

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BRENDA entry

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KEGG entry

Fructan beta-fructosidase (EC 3.2.1.80, exo-beta-D-fructosidase, exo-beta-fructosidase, polysaccharide beta-fructofuranosidase, fructan exohydrolase) is an enzyme with systematic name beta-D-fructan fructohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing (2->1)- and (2->6)-linked beta-D-fructofuranose residues in fructans

Hydrolyses inulin and levan, and also sucrose.

References

Fructan beta-fructosidase Wikipedia