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. 1996 Jan;110(1):73–77. doi: 10.1104/pp.110.1.73

Rhamnogalacturonase B from Aspergillus aculeatus is a rhamnogalacturonan alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-D-galactopyranosyluronide lyase.

M Mutter 1, I J Colquhoun 1, H A Schols 1, G Beldman 1, A G Voragen 1
PMCID: PMC157695  PMID: 8587995

Abstract

The recently described rhamnogalacturonase B, which is able to degrade ramified hairy regions of pectin, was found to be a rhamnogalacturonan alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-D-galactopyranosyluronide lyase. The cleavage site and mechanism differ from that of the previously described rhamnogalacturonase A, which is a hydrolase and can now be termed rhamnogalacturonan alpha-D-galactopyranosyluronide-(1-->2)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl hydrolase.

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