Description

• General description: Manufactured by Yakult
• Application: Cellulases are enzymes that hydrolyze cellulose to glucose. Cellulase is used to study the development of occupational asthma in the detergent, pharmaceutical, baking, and enzyme production industries.[1] Cellulase is added to detergents to improve cleansing properties.[1] Cellulase from Sigma has been used to degrade cello-oligosaccharides into glucose while investigating the biodegradability of bioabsorbable bacterial cellulose (BBC).[2]
• Biochem/physiol Actions: Cellulases are produced by the intestinal flagellates of termites which are important for cellulose digestion of their host termites [3]. Cellulases have different microbial origins and therefore different protein sequences [1].
• Unit Definition: One unit will liberate 1.0 μmole of glucose from cellulose in one hour at pH 5.0 at 37 °C (2 hr incubation time).
• Preparation Note: Dissolves in sterile deionized (DI) water in the presence of 0.15 polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) at 3 mg/mL concentration.
• Other Notes: View more information on enzymes for complex carbohydrate analysis at www.sigma-aldrich.com/enzymeexplorer