Possesses one of the activities of EC 3.2.1.80, fructan beta-fructosidase. While the best substrates are the levan-type fructans such as 6-kestotriose [beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside] and 6,6-kestotetraose [beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside], some (but not all) inulin-type fructans can also be hydrolysed, but more slowly [cf. EC 3.2.1.153, fructan beta-(2,1)-fructosidase]. Sucrose, while being a very poor substrate, can substantially inhibit enzyme activity in some cases.
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
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(2->6)-beta-D-fructan fructohydrolase
Possesses one of the activities of EC 3.2.1.80, fructan beta-fructosidase. While the best substrates are the levan-type fructans such as 6-kestotriose [beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside] and 6,6-kestotetraose [beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside], some (but not all) inulin-type fructans can also be hydrolysed, but more slowly [cf. EC 3.2.1.153, fructan beta-(2,1)-fructosidase]. Sucrose, while being a very poor substrate, can substantially inhibit enzyme activity in some cases.
5 mM substrate: about zero acitivity in wild-type, mutant about 0.1 mol fructose/mol enzyme, at 1000 mM strongly raised activity: 4 mol fructose/mol enzyme
5 mM substrate: about zero acitivity in wild-type, mutant about 0.1 mol fructose/mol enzyme, at 1000 mM strongly raised activity: 4 mol fructose/mol enzyme
introduction of acidic amino acid in vicinity of acid-base catalyst creating a beta-fructofuranosidase type of enzyme with dual activity against sucrose and levan, generally lower activities against levan and 6-kestose but conserving preference for these substrates over sucrose
Van den Ende, W.; De Coninck, B.; Clerens, S.; Vergauwen, R.; Van Laere, A.
Unexpected presence of fructan 6-exohydrolases (6-FEHs) in non-fructan plants: characterization, cloning, mass mapping and functional analysis of a novel 'cell-wall invertase-like' specific 6-FEH from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)