Purification and characterization of an alpha-galactosidase from Aspergillus fumigatus

Aspergillus fumigatus secreted invertase (beta-fructofuranosidase) and alpha-galactosidase enzymatic activities able to hydrolyzing raffinose oligosaccharides (RO). alpha-Galactosidase was induced by galactose, melibiose and raffinose, but galactose was the most efficient inducer. It was purified by...

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Main Authors: Sebastião Tavares de Rezende, Valéria Monteze Guimarães, Marília de Castro Rodrigues, Carlos Roberto Felix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2005-03-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000200005