The hydrolysis of stachyose and raffinose generates reducing
sugars and sucrose, a fermentable disaccharide. The enzymatic
degradation of this oligosaccharide requires the action of -
galactosidase and invertase [10]. -Galactosidases are found in
animals and plants and catalyze the hydrolysis of -1,6 glycosidic
bonds in a large variety of substrates with roles in cellular recognition,
the transport of sugars and glycoproteins and the organization
of multi-enzyme complexes