| Type: | Active_site | Name: | Glycosyl hydrolases family 10, 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 F [] or as the glycosyl hydrolases family 10 [].This entry represents one of the conserved regions in these enzymes, which is centred on a conserved glutamic acid residue that has been shown [], in the exoglucanase from Cellulomonas fimi, to be directly involved in glycosidic bond cleavage by acting as a nucleophile. | Short Name: | Glyco_hydro_10_AS |
