“…On the other hand, pectin is mainly composed of linear chains of α-1,4-D-galacturonic acid (GalA) called homogalacturonan. Moreover, ramified domains of pectin comprise alternate sequences of GalA and α-(1, 2) linked α-L-rhamnosyl residues, which may be substituted at O-4 with linear or branched oligosaccharides [14,21]. Therefore, microbial enzymes acting on these polysaccharide structures involved the following activities: arabinofuranosidases, xylosidases, xylanases, xylan glucuronidases and oxidases, acetyl xylan esterases and pectin esterases, polygalacturonases, rhamnosidases, and polygalacturonate and rhamnogalacturonan lyases.…”