Arabinosyltransferase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | Arabinose_trans | ||||||||
Pfam | PF04602 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0111 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR007680 | ||||||||
CAZy | GT53 | ||||||||
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An arabinosyltransferase is a transferase enzyme acting upon arabinose. [1] This enzyme is involved in polymerisation of arabinogalactan (an essential component of the mycobacterial cell wall). Mycobacterially, the more precise term is arabinofuranosyltransferase, since the arabinose residues occur only in a furanose form.
This enzyme has important clinical applications as it is believed to be the target of the antimycobacterial drug ethambutol. [2]
Arabinosyltransferase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | Arabinose_trans | ||||||||
Pfam | PF04602 | ||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0111 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR007680 | ||||||||
CAZy | GT53 | ||||||||
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An arabinosyltransferase is a transferase enzyme acting upon arabinose. [1] This enzyme is involved in polymerisation of arabinogalactan (an essential component of the mycobacterial cell wall). Mycobacterially, the more precise term is arabinofuranosyltransferase, since the arabinose residues occur only in a furanose form.
This enzyme has important clinical applications as it is believed to be the target of the antimycobacterial drug ethambutol. [2]