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. 2013 Dec;195(23):5297–5307. doi: 10.1128/JB.00898-13

Table 3.

Hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl α-d-mannopyranoside and 4-nitrophenyl β-d-mannopyranoside by P. gingivalis whole-cell suspensions

pH Rate of hydrolysis (nmol 4-NP produced/h/OD600 unit of cells)a
α-Mannosidase activity β-Mannosidase activity
4.5 ∼0 ∼0
5.0 0.0224 1.519
5.5 0.156 1.959
6.0 0.270 2.171
6.5 0.227 2.154
7.0 0.120 0.681
7.5 0.097 0.167
a

Rates of hydrolysis were measured in either sodium acetate buffers or Tris-HCl buffers containing 4 mM Ca2+ at 37°C.