• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.306-314
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• 1994

The action mode of xylanase II from Trichoderma koningii ATCC 26113 on xylan and related oligosaccharides (xylotriose, xylotetraose, and arabinoxylotriose) indicated that xylanase II is an endo-enzyme and also has trans-xylosidase activity. The $^1HNMR$-NMR studies of the reaction products formed by xylanase II revealed that all the hydrolysis products of xylooligosaccharides by the enzyme have only ${\beta}$-1,4-xylosidic linkage(s). Chemical modification of the enzyme with iodoacetamide showed that two cysteine residues per molecule of the enzyme was essential for the activity. Modification of the enzyme with N-bromosuccinimide demonstrated that four of the eight tryptophan residues were involved in its active site.