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azo-galactan

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Etymology

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From azo- +‎ galactan.

Noun

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azo-galactan (countable and uncountable, plural azo-galactans)

  1. (often capitalized) Galactan, treated with an azo dye, that is used in enzymatic assays.
    • 2012, M AroraAC AnilJ DelanyN Rajarajanet al., “Carbohydrate-degrading bacteria closely associated with Tetraselmis indica: influence on algal growth”, in Aquatic Biology:
      Eight types of biodegradable substrates (see Table 2) were used in this study; azo-galactan, azocarob galactomannan, AZ-rhamnogalacturonan, azoCM-cellulose, red pullulan, []
    • 2013, O Tabachnikov, Y Shoham, “Functional characterization of the galactan utilization system of Geobacillus stearothermophilus”, in The FEBS journal:
      [] was determined on the native dyed substrate Azo-galactan (Megazyme) in accordance with [] Each reaction mixture (200 μL) contained 100 μL of supernatant and 1% Azo-galactan in 50 []
    • 2015, S TorpenholtL De MariaMHM Olssonet al., “Effect of mutations on the thermostability of Aspergillus aculeatus β-1, 4-galactanase”, in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal:
      Azo-galactan is partly debranched potato galactan dyed with [] solution (2% w/v azo-galactan in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 4.5 [] All azo-galactan assay measurements were made in []
    • 2017, H Watzlawick, “Measurement of the Galactanase Activity of the GanB Galactanase Protein from Bacillus subtilis”, in Bio-protocol:
      [] on the high molecular weight β-1,4-galactan was determined quantitatively by the measurement of the increase of the reducing power or with the dyed substrate Azo-galactan.
    • 2007, A DelangleAF ProuvostV CogezJP Bohinet al., “Characterization of the Erwinia chrysanthemi gan Locus, Involved in Galactan Catabolism”, in Journal of Bacteriology:
      [] substrate AZO-galactan [] of AZO-galactan according to instructions of the manufacturer.