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. 2014 Oct 22;9(10):e109529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109529

Table 1. Enzymes that contribute to the degradation of pectin*.

Name EC number Mechanism
Pectin lyase 4.2.2.10 Eliminative cleavage of (1→4)-α-d-galacturonan methyl ester to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-6-O-methyl-α-d-galact-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends
Pectate lyase 4.2.2.2 Eliminative cleavage of (1→4)-α-d-galacturonan to give oligosaccharides with 4-deoxy-α-d-galact-4-enuronosyl groups at their non-reducing ends
Pectate disaccharide lyase 4.2.2.9 Eliminative cleavage of 4-(4-deoxy-α-d-galact-4-enuronosyl)-d-galacturonate from the reducing end of pectate (i.e. de-esterified pectin)
Pectate trisaccharide-lyase 4.2.2.22 Eliminative cleavage of unsaturated trigalacturonate as the major product from the reducing ends of polygalacturonic acid/pectate
Rhamnogalacturonan endolyase 4.2.2.23 Endotype eliminative cleavage of l-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-d-galactopyranosyluronic acid bonds in rhamnogalacturonan I domains of hairy regions of pectin
Endo-polygalacturonases 3.2.1.15 Random hydrolysis of (1→4)-α-d-galactosiduronic linkages in pectate and other galacturonans
Exo-polygalacturonases 3.2.1.67 Hydrolysis of d-galacturonic acid residues from the reducing ends of polygalacturonate chains
Pectin methyl esterases 3.1.1.11 Demethoxylation of pectin, forming pectate
Pectin acetyl esterases 3.1.1.6 Deacetylation of pectin, forming pectate
Exo-poly-α-galacturonosidase 3.2.1.82 Hydrolysis of pectic acid from the non-reducing end, releasing digalacturonate
Rhamnogalacturonan hydrolase 3.2.1.171 Endohydrolysis of α-d-GalA-(1→2)-α-l-rha-glycosidic bonds in the rhamnogalacturonan I backbone, releasing oligosaccharides with β-d-GalA at the reducing end.
α-l-rhamnosidase 3.2.1.40 Hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds between rhamnose and galacturonic acid residues
Arabinan endo-1,5-α-l-arabinanase 3.2.1.99 Endohydrolysis of (1→5)-α-arabinofuranosidic linkages in (1→5)-arabinans
Arabinogalactanendo-β-1,4-galactanase 3.2.1.89 Hydrolysis of (1→4)-β-d-galactosidic linkages in type I arabinogalactans.
α-l-arabinofuranidases 3.2.1.55 Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing α-l-arabinofuranoside residues in α-l-arabinosides.

*Source: [10], [11].