Glucan endo-1,3-beta-D-glucosidase (, ''endo-1,3-beta-glucanase'', ''laminarinase'', ''laminaranase'', ''oligo-1,3-glucosidase'', ''callase'', ''beta-1,3-glucanase'', ''Kitalase'' (trademark), ''1,3-beta-D-glucan 3-glucanohydrolase'', ''endo-(1,3)-beta-D-glucanase'', ''(1->3)-beta-glucan 3-glucanohydrolase'', ''endo-1,3-beta-D-glucanase'', ''endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase'', ''1,3-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolase'') is an

enzyme Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...

with systematic name ''3-beta-D-glucan glucanohydrolase''. This enzyme catalyses the following

chemical reaction A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the positions of electrons in the forming and break ...

Hydrolysis Hydrolysis (; ) is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution, elimination, and solvation reactions in which water is the nucleophile. Biological hydrolysis ...

of (1->3)-beta-D-glucosidic linkages in (1->3)-beta-D-glucans This enzyme is marginally active on mixed-link (1->3,1->4)-beta-D-glucans.

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