TABLE 2.

Specific activity for hydrolysis of different natural or synthetic molecules by AgaSK

Parameters are calculated from the release of nitrophenolate from nitrophenylated substrates, and of galactose from natural substrates.

Substrate	Specific activity
	units·mg−1
PNPG	162 ± 43
Melibiose	420 ± 8
Raffinose	231 ± 7
Stachyose	213 ± 19
Locus bean gum	21 ± 2
Guar gum	11 ± 0.6
Xylose α-d-PNP	0.96 ± 0.6
Glucose α-d-PNP	1.80 ± 4.7
ONPGa	0.70 ± 0.3

^a ONPG, o-nitrophenyl-alpha-d-galactopyranoside.