beta-glucosidases meaning

[Medicine]
A family of glycosidases that hydrolyse crystalline CELLULOSE into soluble sugar molecules. Within this family there are a variety of enzyme subtypes with differing substrate specificities that must work togeth to bring about complete cellulose hydrolysis. They are found in structures called CELLULOSOMES.

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