rhamnogalacturonanase

noun

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan

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Meanings

nounrhamnogalacturonanase (plural rhamnogalacturonanases)

plural rhamnogalacturonanases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a rhamnogalacturonan

    Endoarabinanase, endo-1,4-β-glucanase (cellulase), endo-1,4-β-galactanase and rhamnogalacturonanase activities were measured using 20 mg/ml of Red Debranched Arabinan (S-RDAR), Azo-CM-cellulose (S-ACMC), Azo-galactan (S-AGALP) and AZ-rhamnogalacturonan (S-AZRH), respectively.

    2015 August 1, Isabelle Benoit et al., “Closely related fungi employ diverse enzymatic strategies to degrade plant biomass”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI

Origin

From rhamnogalacturonan + -ase.

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