Table 1.
Substratea | Linkage of glycosyl group | Relative activityb (%) |
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p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (pNPG) | (β-1,4) Glucose | 100 |
o-Nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (oNPG) | (β-1,2) Glucose | 51 ± 1.6 |
p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-lactopyranoside (pNPLac) | (β-1,4) Lactose | 15.3 ± 0.6 |
p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-fucopyranoside (pNPFuc) | (β-1,4) Fucose | 13.2 ± 0.4 |
p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactoside (pNPGal) | (β-1,4) Galactose | 8.2 ± 0.2 |
o-Nitrophenyl-β-D-galactoside (oNPGal) | (β-1,2) Galactose | 2.0 ± 0.3 |
Cellobiose | (β-1,4) Glucose | 17.5 ± 0.4 |
Cellotriose | (β-1,4) Glucose | 7.9 ± 0.1 |
Cellotetraose | (β-1,4) Glucose | 6.7 ± 0.4 |
Cellopentaose | (β-1,4) Glucose | 4.9 ± 0.2 |
Lactose | (β-1,4) Galactose | 11.0 ± 0.6 |
Laminaribiose | (β-1,3) Glucose | 5.6 ± 0.2 |
aNo activity or poorly activity was detected with p-Nitrophenyl-α-D-glucopyranoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-D-xyloside, CMC and Avicel®
bThe relative activity of the most preferentially hydrolyzed substrate pNPG was taken as 100%. Values are the means ± SD of six experiments (n = 6)