... spectroscopy [17].To compar e the mechanism of h ydrolysis of IPU and o therGH family 49 dextranases, the a nomer configuration of the hydrolysate of IPU was determined. A polarimetric assaywas ... respectively, were used. The proteinconcentration was measured by the method of Lowryet al. with B SA as standard [37].TLCTLC was p erformed to analyse t he hydrolysates of the W402F enzyme. The reaction ... conservedregions of all the GH family 49 enzymes (Fig. 1). Todetermine the catalytic r esidues of I PU, these Asp a nd Gluresidues are replaced by Asn and Gln, respectively. Five of these enzymes (E273Q,...