ENTRY       EC 4.2.2.7
NAME        Heparin lyase
            Heparin eliminase
            Heparinase
CLASS       Lyases
            Carbon-oxygen lyases
            Acting on polysaccharides
SYSNAME     Heparin lyase
REACTION    Eliminative cleavage of polysaccharides containing 1,4-linked
            D-glucuronate or L-iduronate residues and 1,4-alpha-linked
            2-sulfoamino-2-deoxy-6-sulfo-D-glucose residues to give
            oligosaccharides with terminal 4-deoxy-alpha-D-gluc-4-enuronosyl
            groups at their non-reducing ends.
SUBSTRATE   Heparin
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 4.2.2.7
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 4.2.2.7
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