Table 1. Specific activities of several glycoside hydrolases after Con A Sepharose affinity chromatography.

All enzyme activities were measured in vitro at 37 °C, using 50 μL of protein and pNP-glycosides as substrates.

Enzyme	Specific activities (nmol/min/mg protein)		Recovery (%)	Ratio of specific activities
	Crude protein extract	After Con A Sepharose		Con A Sepharose/Crude protein extract
β-D-xylosidase	32	89	43	2.8
α-L-arabinofuranosidase	103	442	66	4.3
β-D-glucuronidase	10	22	34	2.0
β-D-mannosidase	26	108	64	4.2
α-D-mannosidase	47	172	56	3.6
β-D-glucosidase	82	497	93	6.1
α-D-galactosidase	85	468	84	5.5
β-D-galactosidase	393	825	32	2.1
α-D-glucosidase	8	31	59	3.9