Table 2 Specific activities of the five endoxylanases with WAX, RAX and OSX as substrates.

From: Bacteroides intestinalis DSM 17393, a member of the human colonic microbiome, upregulates multiple endoxylanases during growth on xylan

Substrate

Specific activities (μmol/sec/μmol)

BiXyn10C

BiXyn10B/Ara43A

BiXyn8A

BiXyn5A

BiXyn10A

WAX

37.6 ± 4.3

1682.6 ± 56.3

1547.7 ± 2.6

254.3 ± 5.1

250.1 ± 4.2

RAX

39.9 ± 0.7

1634.6 ± 158.3

1227.7 ± 150.5

554.7 ± 30.3

351.1 ± 17.8

OSX

23.2 ± 1.6

619.8 ± 31.1

743.9 ± 21.8

43.6 ± 2.7

188.0 ± 2.0

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