Crystalline Xylanase

XYLAN is hydrolysed in animals, plants, and by a large number of micro-organisms. Sørensen 1 recently gave evidence that certain bacteria act on xylan to produce xylose-containing oligosaccharides and D -xylose. Whistler et al. 2 reported that an enzyme preparation from the medium of Aspergillus foe...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1956-07, Vol.178 (4526), p.202-203
Main Authors: INAOKA, MEGUMU, SODA, HISASHI
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:XYLAN is hydrolysed in animals, plants, and by a large number of micro-organisms. Sørensen 1 recently gave evidence that certain bacteria act on xylan to produce xylose-containing oligosaccharides and D -xylose. Whistler et al. 2 reported that an enzyme preparation from the medium of Aspergillus foedidus hydrolysed corn-cob xylan primarily to xylobiose with no production of D -xylose. An extract of the mould mycelium was separated into two fractions : one which hydrolysed xylan and the oligosaccharides to D -xylose without producing significant amounts of oligosaccharides, and one which hydrolysed xylan to a mixture of D -xylose and oligosaccharides.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/178202a0