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. 2022 Aug 25;62(4):569–582. doi: 10.1007/s12088-022-01037-6

Table 2.

Distribution of CAZy protein families involved in cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin degradation

Substrate Known activity for respective CAZY category CAZY category Total unigene proteins Total enzymes
Cellulose Cellobiase GH1 1 60
Cellobiase GH2 1
Endoglucanase; Cellobiase GH3 4
Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; Cellobiase GH5 15
Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; GH6 1
Endoglucanase GH7 1
Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; Cellobiase GH9 1
Endoglucanase GH10 1
Endoglucanase GH12 1
Endoglucanase GH13 11
Cellobiase GH16 14
Endoglucanase GH27 2
Endoglucanase; Cellobiase GH30 1
Endoglucanase GH31 3
Endoglucanase GH74 1
Endoglucanase GH78 1
Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; GH131 1
Hemicellulose Acetyl xylan esterase CE1 2 51
Acetyl xylan esterase CE4 3
Acetyl pectin esterase CE12 1
β-xylosidase GH1 1
β-mannosidase GH2 1
β-xylosidase GH3 4
endo-β-1,4-xylanase GH5 15
endo-β-1,4-xylanase GH10 1
Xyloglucanase GH12 1
Xyloglucanase GH16 14
α-galactosidase GH27 2
α-xylosidase GH31 3
β-xylosidase GH43 2
β‐glucanase GH131 1
Pectin Pectin acetylesterase CE12 1 32
β-glucuronidase GH1 1
rhamnogalacturonyl hydrolase GH105 1
β-glucuronidase GH2 1
exo-β-1,4-glucanase GH3 4
α-L-arabinofuranosidase GH43 2
exo-β-1,4-glucanase GH5 15
α-L-rhamnosidase GH78 1
β-glucuronidase GH79 4
Pectate lyase PL3 2

Bold fonts represent the unique nature of those families for that respective function. Bar plots represent the relative distribution of all unigene proteins