azo-galactan

noun

Galactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.

Meanings

nounazo-galactan (countable and uncountable, plural azo-galactans)

plural azo-galactans

  1. capitalizedcountableoftenuncountableGalactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.

    […] substrate AZO-galactan […] of AZO-galactan according to instructions of the manufacturer.

    2007, A Delangle, AF Prouvost, V Cogez, JP Bohin, et al., “Characterization of the Erwinia chrysanthemi gan Locus, Involved in Galactan Catabolism”, in Journal of Bacteriology
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    Eight types of biodegradable substrates (see Table 2) were used in this study; azo-galactan, azocarob galactomannan, AZ-rhamnogalacturonan, azoCM-cellulose, red pullulan, […]

    2012, M Arora, AC Anil, J Delany, N Rajarajan, et al., “Carbohydrate-degrading bacteria closely associated with Tetraselmis indica: influence on algal growth”, in Aquatic Biology

    […] was determined on the native dyed substrate Azo-galactan (Megazyme) in accordance with […] Each reaction mixture (200 μL) contained 100 μL of supernatant and 1% Azo-galactan in 50 […]

    2013, O Tabachnikov, Y Shoham, “Functional characterization of the galactan utilization system of Geobacillus stearothermophilus”, in The FEBS journal

    Azo-galactan is partly debranched potato galactan dyed with […] solution (2% w/v azo-galactan in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 4.5 […] All azo-galactan assay measurements were made in […]

    2015, S Torpenholt, L De Maria, MHM Olsson, et al., “Effect of mutations on the thermostability of Aspergillus aculeatus β-1, 4-galactanase”, in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

    […] on the high molecular weight β-1,4-galactan was determined quantitatively by the measurement of the increase of the reducing power or with the dyed substrate Azo-galactan.

    2017, H Watzlawick, “Measurement of the Galactanase Activity of the GanB Galactanase Protein from Bacillus subtilis”, in Bio-protocol

Origin

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