HAIRY (RAMIFIED) REGIONS OF PECTINS .2. RHAMNOGALACTURONASE - A NOVEL ENZYME THAT DEGRADES THE HAIRY REGIONS OF PECTINS

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作者
SCHOLS, HA [1 ]
GERAEDS, CCJM [1 ]
SEARLEVANLEEUWEN, MF [1 ]
KORMELINK, FJM [1 ]
VORAGEN, AFJ [1 ]
机构
[1] AGR UNIV WAGENINGEN, DEPT FOOD SCI, BOMENWEG 2, 6703 HD WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0008-6215(90)84010-R
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A rhamnogalacturonase (RGase), that could degrade the modified hairy regions (MHR) prepared from apple cell walls, was isolated and purified from a technical preparation of Aspergillus aculeatus. The RGase cleaved galactopyranosyluronic-rhamnopyranosyl linkages. No activity was observed towards other cell-wall polysaccharides or p-nitrophenyl glycosides. The optimal conditions for RGase were pH 3-4 and 40-50°. MHR was degraded by RGase, and methylation analysis and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy indicated the products to have a tetrasaccharide backbone of alternating rhamnose and galacturonic acid residues. Some oligomers had a galactose residue 4-linked to rhamnose. The potential value of this new enzyme is considered. © 1990.
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