IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.2.1.194

Accepted name: ginsenosidase type IV

Reaction: a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with two glycosyl residues at position 6 + 2 H2O = a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with no glycosidic modification at position 6 + D-glucopyranose + a monosaccharide (overall reaction)
(1a) a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with two glycosyl residues at position 6 + H2O = a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with a single glucosyl at position 6 + a monosaccharide
(1b) a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with a single glucosyl at position 6 + H2O = a protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside with no glycosidic modification at position 6 + D-glucopyranose

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Glossary: ginsenoside Re = 20-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy-6α-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranosyloxy]dammar-24-en-3β,12β-diol
ginsenoside Rg1 = 6α,20-bis(β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy-dammar-24-en-3β,12β-diol
ginsenoside F1 = 20-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)dammar-24-en-3β,6α,12β-triol

Systematic name: protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside 6-β-D-glucohydrolase

Comments: Ginsenosidase type IV catalyses the sequential hydrolysis of the 6-O-β-D-(1→2)-glycosidic bond or the 6-O-α-D-(1→2)-glycosidic bond in protopanaxatriol-type ginsenosides with a disacchride attached to the C6 position, followed by the hydrolysis of the remaining 6-O-β-D-glycosidic bond (e.g. ginsenoside Re → ginsenoside Rg1 → ginsenoside F1).

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References:

1. Wang, D.M., Yu, H.S., Song, J.G., Xu, Y.F., Liu, C.Y. and Jin, F.X. A novel ginsenosidase from an Aspergillus strain hydrolyzing 6-O-multi-glycosides of protopanaxatriol-type ginsenosides, named ginsenosidase type IV. J Microbiol Biotechnol 21 (2011) 1057-1063. [PMID: 22031031]

2. Wang, D, Yu, H., Song, J., Xu, Y., Jin, F. Enzyme kinetics of ginsenosidase type IV hydrolyzing 6-O-multi-glycosides of protopanaxatriol type ginsenosides. Process Biochem. 47 (2012) 133-138.

[EC 3.2.1.194 created 2014]


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