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. 2017 Aug 22;19(2):260–285. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12568

Table 4.

Phytophthora cinnamomi proteins involved in plant cell wall degradation: enzymes containing auxiliary activity (AA), carbohydrate esterase (CE) and polysaccharide lyase (PL) modules.

CAZyme family Potential substrates Potential enzyme activities Number of genes
Auxiliary activity modules
AA1 Benzenediol, catechol Laccase, oxidoreductase, ferroxidase 1
AA7 Cellobiose, chitin, glycoproteins Glucooligosaccharide oxidase, chitooligosaccharide oxidase 8
AA8 Cellulose Iron reductase domain 5
AA10 Cellulose Copper‐dependent monooxygenase 3
Total 17
Carbohydrate esterase modules
CE1 Hemicellulose Feruloyl esterase 5
CE2 Hemicellulose Acetyl xylan esterase 1
CE4 Hemicellulose, N‐linked oligosaccharides Acetyl xylan esterase, peptidoglycan GlcNAc deacetylase 2
CE5 Hemicellulose Acetyl xylan esterase, cutinase 9
CE8 Pectin (HG) Pectin methylesterase 17
CE12 Pectin (HG, RGI) Pectin and RGI acetylesterase, acetyl xylan esterase 12
CE13 Pectin (HG) Pectin acetylesterase 7
Total 53
Polysaccharide lyase modules
PL1 Pectin (HG) Pectate lyase, pectin lyase 21
PL3 Pectin (HG, RGI) Pectate lyase 22
PL4 Pectin (RGI) Rhamnogalacturonan lyase 6
Total 42

CAZyme, Carbohydrate‐Active enZyme; GlcNAc, N‐acetylglucosamine; HG, homogalacturonan; RGI, rhamnogalacturonan I.