different between exoglucanase vs endoglucanase

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exo- +? glucanase

exoglucanase (plural exoglucanases)

(biochemistry) any glucanase / cellulase that is active outside of the organism that produced it

endo- +? glucanase

endoglucanase (plural endoglucanases)

(biochemistry) Any glucanase/cellulase that is active within the organism that produced it.
Any glucanase/cellulase that cleaves internal glycoside bonds in a glucose polymer, as opposed to clipping off a terminal glucose from one end of a polymeric chain.

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