title: Stereochemical course and structure of the products of the enzymic action of endo-1,3-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase from Bacillus licheniformis.
abstract: The stereochemical course of the reaction catalysed by endo-1,3-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.73) has been determined by 1H n.m.r. The enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of barley beta-glucan proceeds with overall retention of the anomeric configuration, indicating that the enzyme operates through a double-displacement mechanism. The structures of the final oligosaccharide products, 3-beta-O-cellobiosyl D-glucopyranoside and 3-beta-O-cellotriosyl D-glucopyranoside, have been completely assigned by 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department de Química Orgànica, CETS Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramón Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Barbero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernabé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Planas
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C028020:licheninase