fructanohydrolase

plural fructanohydrolases

1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a fructan.

   These enzymes are designated as -2,1-β-D-fructan-fructanohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.7).

   1996, International Dairy Federation, Bulletin, volumes 309-328, page 26

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   The fructans of the inulin series are hydrolyzed by fructanohydrolases which attack the P-(2, 1 )-fructofuranoside linkages at the nonreducing chain ends with the release of fructose.

   1987, David W. Newman, Kenneth G. Wilson, Models in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, volume 1, page 87

   Two types of exoinulinases (2, 1-β-D-fructan fructanohydrolase EC 3.2.1.7) were later identified and purified from C. pannorum AHU 9700 (Xiao et al., 1989).

   2008, Arun Dev Sharma, “Chapter 4: Advances in Microbial Inulases: Its Production and Properties”, in Jerrod M. Cantor, editor, Progress in Food Engineering Research and Development, page 183

   Synonyms: fructan hydrolase