| Type: | Active_site | Name: | Glycoside hydrolase, family 11, active site |
| Description: | The microbial degradation of cellulose and xylans requires several types of enzymes such as endoglucanases (), cellobiohydrolases () (exoglucanases), or xylanases () [, ]. Fungi and bacteria produces a spectrum of cellulolytic enzymes (cellulases) and xylanases which, on the basis of sequence similarities, can be classified into families. One of these families is known as the cellulase family G [] or as the glycosyl hydrolases family 11 [].The two patterns in this entry are conserved regions in these enzymes and are centred on glutamic acid residues which have both been shown [], in Bacillus pumilis xylanase, to be necessary for catalytic activity. | Short Name: | Glyco_hydro_11_AS |
