title: Preliminary study of the pectolytic activity of Cryptococcus albidus var. albidus.
abstract: A preliminary study was done on the pectolytic activity of Cryptococcus albidus var. albidus. Cell-free culture broths of six strains of this yeast species were shown to degrade pectin hydrolytically by means of a polygalacturonase-pectinmethylesterase system. Neither pectin nor pectate lyase activities were detected.
mesh_terms: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000201:enzymology*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011096:Polygalacturonase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C022323:pectinesterase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D011096:Polygalacturonase