The enzyme 1,6-α-L-fucosidase () catalyses the following

chemical reaction A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemistry, chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. When chemical reactions occur, the atoms are rearranged and the reaction is accompanied by an Gibbs free energy, ...

:Hydrolysis of 1,6-linkages between α-L-fucose and ''N''-acetyl-D-glucosamine in glycopeptides such as immunoglobulin G glycopeptide and fucosyl-asialo-agalacto-fetuin It belongs to the family of

hydrolase In biochemistry, hydrolases constitute a class of enzymes that commonly function as biochemical catalysts that use water to break a chemical bond: :\ce \quad \xrightarrowtext\quad \ce This typically results in dividing a larger molecule into s ...

s, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse ''O''- and ''S''-glycosyl compounds. The

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is 1,6-L-fucosyl-''N''-acetyl-D-glucosaminylglycopeptide fucohydrolase. It is also called α-L-fucosidase.

References

* EC 3.2.1 Enzymes of unknown structure {{3.2-enzyme-stub