FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as SQASE_ECOLI, yihQ, squQ. Catalyzes the hydrolysis of sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerides (SQDG) to sulfoquinovose (SQ), which is then degraded by E.coli through the SQ Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (SQ-EMP) sulfoglycolysis pathway as a source of carbon and sulfur. Therefore, is likely involved in the utilization of the sulfoquinovose headgroup found in ubiquitous plant sulfolipids. Is also able to hydrolyze simple sulfoquinovosides such as 1-sulfoquinovosylglycerol (SQGro). Is a retaining glycoside hydrolase, since it forms the alpha anomer of SQ (PubMed:26878550). Also exhibits some alpha-glucosidase activity against alpha-glucosyl fluoride in vitro, although natural substrates, such as alpha-glucobioses are scarcely hydrolyzed (PubMed:15294295).

EXTERNAL LINKS

yihQ

Sulfoquinovosidase

yihQ

Molecular Synopsis