Pectate lyase L

UniProtKB accession:  P0C1A7

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UniProtKB description:  Presents an endo-cleaving activity on polygalacturonate or partially methylated pectin. Is effective in the maceration of plant tissue, and has an important role in soft-rot disease. Is 280-fold less active against polygalacturonate than the major pectate lyase PelB. When assayed on polygalacturonate, PelL releases oligogalacturonates of different sizes; upon prolonged incubation, PelL degrades the primary products to unsaturated tetramer and pentamer in addition to unsaturated dimer and trimer. When assayed on oligogalacturonates (degrees of polymerization of 2 to 8), it preferentially forms unsaturated tetramer, and displays the highest activity on the octamer.