... 2 h and 20 h to determine the substratespecificity of the enzyme. The degradation of the polymer and subsequent oligosaccharide formation was analyzed byHPAEC and MALDI-TOF MS. HPAEC analysis ... Genetics, Biochemistry and Ecology of Cellulose Degradation. (Ohmiya, K., Sakka, K., Karita,S., Hayashi, H., Kobayashi, Y. & Kimura, T., eds), pp. 134–143.Uni Publishers Co Ltd, Tokyo.38. Schopplein, ... identity) and A. aculeatus(78.9% amino acid sequence identity) and lower similarityto bacterial endogalactanases (between 21% and 28%amino acid sequence identity). This is illustrated by aCLUSTALW...