Enzyme Commission Number
EC 3.2.1.49
Product Overview
High-quality enzyme products. Well-defined strains can be also provided for our clients to manufacture fermented products in a cost-effective way.
Features
Ready-to-use product, accelerating research progress, enhancing application performance.
Synonyms
α-acetylgalactosaminidase; N-acetyl-α-D-galactosaminidase; N-acetyl-α-galactosaminidase; α-NAGAL; α-NAGA; α-GalNAcase
Function
The human lysosomal enzyme is involved in the degradation of blood type A epitope.
Applications
Research Use
Production Methods
Fermentation
Unit Definition
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to cleave > 95% of the terminal α-D-N-acetylgalactosamine from 1 nmol (GalNAcα1-3)(Fucα1-2)Galβ1-4Glc-7-amino-4-methyl-coumarin (AMC), in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 10 µl.
Reaction
Cleavage of non-reducing α-(1→3)-N-acetylgalactosamine residues from human blood group A and AB mucin glycoproteins, Forssman hapten and blood group A lacto series glycolipids
Specification
On customer requests
Concentration
20,000 units/ml