ENTRY EC 3.1.6.18
NAME Glucuronate-2-sulfatase
Chondro-2-sulfatase
CLASS Hydrolases
Acting on ester bonds
Sulfuric ester hydrolases
SYSNAME Polysaccharide-2-O-sulfo-D-glucuronate 2-sulfohydrolase
REACTION Hydrolysis of the 2-sulfate groups of the 2-O-sulfo-D-glucuronate
residues of chondroitin sulfate, heparin and heparitin sulfate
SUBSTRATE Chondroitin sulfate
Heparin
Heparitin sulfate
H2O
PRODUCT Chondroitin sulfate
Heparin
Heparitin sulfate
Sulfate
COMMENT Does not act on iduronate 2-sulfate residues (cf. EC 3.1.6.13).
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.1.6.18
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.1.6.18
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