Alginate lyase. This family contains several bacterial alginate lyase proteins. Alginate is a family of 1-4-linked copolymers of beta -D-mannuronic acid (M) and alpha -L-guluronic acid (G). It is produced by brown algae and by some bacteria belonging to the genera Azotobacter and Pseudomonas. Alginate lyases catalyze the depolymerization of alginates by beta -elimination, generating a molecule containing 4-deoxy-L-erythro-hex-4-enepyranosyluronate at the nonreducing end. This family adopts an all alpha fold.
Heparinase II/III-like protein. This family features sequences that are similar to a region of the Flavobacterium heparinum proteins heparinase II and heparinase III. The former is known to degrade heparin and heparin sulphate, whereas the latter predominantly degrades heparin sulphate. Both are secreted into the periplasmic space upon induction with heparin.
