The enzyme from?Pseudoalteromonas?sp. is specific for ¦Ë-carrageenan. ¦É-Carrageenan (see EC?3.2.1.157, ¦É-carrageenase), ¦Ê-carrageenan (see EC?3.2.1.83, ¦Ê-carrageenase), agarose and porphyran are not substrates.
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Endohydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-linkages in the backbone of lambda- carrageenan, resulting in the tetrasaccharide alpha-D-Galp2,6S(2)-(1->3)- beta-D-Galp2S-(1->4)-alpha-D-Galp2,6S(2)-(1->3)-D-Galp2S.