Inulin fructotransferase (DFA-III-forming)

The enzyme inulin fructotransferase (DFA-III-forming) (EC 4.2.2.18) catalyzes the following process:

Produces α-D-fructofuranose β-D-fructofuranose 1,2′:2,3′-dianhydride (DFA III) by successively eliminating the diminishing (2→1)-β-D-fructan (inulin) chain from the terminal D-fructosyl-D-fructosyl disaccharide.

Nomenclature[edit]

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on polysaccharides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (2→1)-β-D-fructan lyase (α-D-fructofuranose-β-D-fructofuranose-1,2′:2,3′-dianhydride-forming). Other names in common use include inulin fructotransferase (DFA-III-producing), inulin fructotransferase (depolymerizing), inulase II, inulinase II, inulin fructotransferase (depolymerizing, difructofuranose-1,2′:2,3′-dianhydride-forming), inulin D-fructosyl-D-fructosyltransferase, (1,2′:2,3′-dianhydride-forming), inulin D-fructosyl-D-fructosyltransferase (forming, and α-D-fructofuranose β-D-fructofuranose 1,2′:2,3'-dianhydride).

References[edit]

• Uchiyama T (July 1975). "Action of Arthrobacter ureafaciens inulinase II on several oligofructans and bacterial levans". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 397 (1): 153–63. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(75)90189-8. PMID 1148257.
• Uchiyama T, Niwa S, Tanaka K (1973). "Purification and properties of Arthrobacter ureafaciens inulase II". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 315 (2): 412–420. doi:10.1016/0005-2744(73)90271-4.