An exoglycosidase is a
glycoside hydrolase
Glycoside hydrolases (also called glycosidases or glycosyl hydrolases) catalyze the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds in complex sugars. They are extremely common enzymes with roles in nature including degradation of biomass such as cellulose (ce ...
enzyme which breaks the
glycosidic bonds at the residue.
Exoglyxosidase breaks the molecule in the interior
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Endoglycosidase An Endoglycosidase is an enzyme that releases oligosaccharides from glycoproteins or glycolipids. It may also cleave polysaccharide chains between residues that are not the terminal residue, although releasing oligosaccharides from conjugated pro ...
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Enzymes
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