“…AkLam33 appeared to be the first exolytic β-1,3-glucanase from marine invertebrates since all β-1,3-glucanases so far purified from marine invertebrates have been characterized as endolytic enzymes (Sova et al, 1970;Lépagnol-Descamps et al, 1998;Kovalchuk et al, 2006;Kumagai et al, 2008;Pesentseva et al, 2008;Zhu et al, 2008;Kumagai and Ojima, 2009;Kovalchuk et al, 2009). Besides AkLam33, exolytic β-1,3-glucanases have been reported on bacteria, yeast, insect, and a terrestrial snail (Marshall and Grand, 1975;Sánchez et al, 1982;Kulminskaya et al, 2001;Hrmova and Fincher, 1998;Igarashi et al, 2003;Genta et al, 2007); however, these enzymes were classified under GHF 3, 5, 17, and 55 (Klebl and Tanner, 1989;Chambers et al, 1993;Hrmova et al, 1996;Sakamoto et al, 2005;Ishida et al, 2009;Ooi et al, 2009).…”