Expression and characterization of a GH43 endo-arabinanase from Thermotoga thermarum

BMC Biotechnology

Table 1 Specific activity of Tth Abn on various substrates

Substrate	Specific activity (μmol arabinose min⁻¹ mg⁻¹)
Linear arabinan	237.7 ± 10.0
Debranched arabinan	199.7 ± 6.8
Sugar beet arabinan	42.5 ± 1.5
1,4-β-D-Mannan	ND
Galactan	ND
p-Nitrophenyl-α-L-arabinofuranoside	ND
p-Nitrophenyl-β-D-xylopyranoside	ND

ND: not detected. Values shown were the mean of triplicate experiments, and the variation about the mean was below 5%.

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