Purification and Characterization of a Unique Pectin Lyase from Aspergillus giganteus Able to Release Unsaturated Monogalacturonate during Pectin Degradation

Table 2

Substrate specificity of PLIII from A. giganteus.

Substrate	PG (%)
Citrus pectin (MD^* 72%)	100.0 ± 3.0
Citrus pectin (MD 34%)	99.1 ± 3.0
Apple pectin (MD 75%)	59.5 ± 4.7
Citrus pectin (MD 90%)	22.0 ± 5.5
Sodium polygalacturonate	0.0

MD: methylation degree of the carboxyl groups of pectin.