| abstract |
Substantially pure glycosidases capable for cleaving selected glycosidic bonds have been described including glycosidases isolated from Xanthomonas and recombinant glycosidases. Substrate specificity of isolated enzymes have been identified for GlcNacbeta1-X, Galalpha1-3R, Galalpha1-6R, Galbeta1-3R, Fucalpha-2R, Fucalpha1-3R, Fucalpha1-4R, Manalpha1-2R, Manalpha1-3R, Manalpha1-6R, Manbeta1-4R, Xylbeta1-2R, Glcbeta1-4R, and Galbeta1-4R providing improved capability for selectively cleaving a glycosidic linkage in a carbohydrate substrate and for forming modified carbohydrates. |