Hyaluronidase 4

From Anvita Health Wiki

Contents 1 Function 2 Structure 3 Compartment 4 Expression 5 More General Terms 6 Internet Database 7 References

Function

• endo- hyaluronidase
• degrades hyaluronan to smaller oligosaccharide fragments
• also has chondroitase activity

• random hydrolysis of 1->4-linkages between N- acetyl-beta-D- glucosamine & D- glucuronate residues in hyaluronate

Structure

• belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 56 family

Compartment

• membrane

Expression

• detected in placenta & skeletal muscle

More General Terms

• hyaluronoglucosaminidase; hyaluronidase (HYAL)
• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Internet Database

OMIM: 604510
Prosite: [1]
Prosite: [2]
UniProt: [3]

References

UniProt [4]

hyaluronidase-4 (Hyal-4, Hyaluronoglucosaminidase-4, HYAL4)