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Tokuda G, Lo N, Watanabe H, Slaytor M, Matsumoto T, Noda H. Metazoan cellulase genes from termites: intron/exon structures and sites of expression. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1447:146-59. [PMID: 10542312 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Endogenous endo-beta-1,4-glucanase (EGase, EC 3.2.1.4) cDNAs were cloned from representatives of the termite families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae. These EGases are all composed of 448 amino acids and belong to glycosyl hydrolase family 9 (GHF9), sharing high levels of identity (40-52%) with selected bacterial, mycetozoan and plant EGases. Like most plant EGases, they consist of a single catalytic domain, lacking the ancillary domains found in most microbial cellulases. Using a PCR-based strategy, the entire sequence of the coding region of NtEG, a gene putatively encoding an EGase from Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Termitidae), was determined. NtEG consists of 10 exons interrupted by 9 introns and contains typical eukaryotic promoter elements. Genomic fragments of EGase genes from Reticulitermes speratus (Rhinotermitidae) were also sequenced. In situ hybridization of N. takasagoensis guts with an antisense NtEG RNA probe demonstrated that expression occurs in the midgut, which contrasts to EGase expression being detected only in the salivary glands of R. speratus. NtEG, when expressed in Escherichia coli, was shown to have in vitro activity against carboxymethylcellulose.
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- G Tokuda
- National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Sun L, Adams B, Gurnon JR, Ye Y, Van Etten JL. Characterization of two chitinase genes and one chitosanase gene encoded by Chlorella virus PBCV-1. Virology 1999; 263:376-87. [PMID: 10544110 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chlorella virus PBCV-1 encodes two putative chitinase genes, a181/182r and a260r, and one chitosanase gene, a292l. The three genes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant A181/182R protein has endochitinase activity, recombinant A260R has both endochitinase and exochitinase activities, and recombinant A292L has chitosanase activity. Transcription of a181/182r, a260r, and a292l genes begins at 30, 60, and 60 min p.i., respectively; transcription of all three genes continues until the cells lyse. A181/182R, A260R, and A292L proteins are first detected by Western blots at 60, 90, and 120 min p.i., respectively. Therefore, a181/182r is an early gene and a260r and a292l are late genes. All three genes are widespread in chlorella viruses. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the ancestral condition of the a181/182r gene arose from the most recent common ancestor of a gene found in tobacco, whereas the genealogical position of the a260r gene could not be unambiguously resolved.
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- L Sun
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0722, USA
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Xylanases are classified into two families, numbered F/10 and G/11 according to the similarity of amino acid sequences of their catalytic domain (Henrissat, B., Bairoch, A., 1993. New families in the classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino acid sequence similarities. Biochem. J. 293, 781-788). Three-dimensional structure of the catalytic domain of the family F/10 xylanase was reported (White, A., Withers, S.G., Gilkes, N.R., Rose, D.R., 1994. Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the beta-1,4-glycanase Cex from Cellulomonas fimi. Biochemistry 33, 12546-12552). The domain was decomposed into 22 modules by centripetal profiles (Go, M., Nosaka, M., 1987. Protein architecture and the origin of introns. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 52, 915-924; Noguti, T., Sakakibara, H., Go, M., 1993. Localization of hydrogen-bonds within modules in barnase. Proteins 16, 357-363). A module is a contiguous polypeptide segment of amino acid residues having a compact conformation within a globular domain. Collected 31 intron sites of the family F/10 xylanase genes from fungus were found to be correlated to module boundaries with considerable statistical force (p values <0.001). The relationship between the intron locations and protein structures provides supporting evidence for the ancient origin of introns, because such a relationship cannot be expected by random insertion of introns into eukaryotic genes, but it rather suggests pre-existence of introns in the ancestral genes of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. A phylogenetic tree of the fungal and bacterial xylanase sequences made two clusters; one includes both the bacterial and fungal genes, but the other consists of only fungal genes. The mixed cluster of bacterial genes without introns and the fungal genes with introns further supports the ancient origin of introns. Comparison of the conserved base sequences of introns indicates that sliding of a splice site occurred in Aspergillus kawachii gene by one base from the ancestral position. Substrate-binding sites of xylanase are localized on eight modules, and introns are found at both termini of six out of these functional modules. This result suggests that introns might play a functional role in shuffling the exons encoding the substrate-binding modules.
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- Y Sato
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Cazemier AE, Verdoes JC, van Ooyen AJ, Op den Camp HJ. Molecular and biochemical characterization of two xylanase-encoding genes from Cellulomonas pachnodae. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:4099-107. [PMID: 10473422 PMCID: PMC99747 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4099-4107.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/1999] [Accepted: 07/15/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two xylanase-encoding genes, named xyn11A and xyn10B, were isolated from a genomic library of Cellulomonas pachnodae by expression in Escherichia coli. The deduced polypeptide, Xyn11A, consists of 335 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 34,383 Da. Different domains could be identified in the Xyn11A protein on the basis of homology searches. Xyn11A contains a catalytic domain belonging to family 11 glycosyl hydrolases and a C-terminal xylan binding domain, which are separated from the catalytic domain by a typical linker sequence. Binding studies with native Xyn11A and a truncated derivative of Xyn11A, lacking the putative binding domain, confirmed the function of the two domains. The second xylanase, designated Xyn10B, consists of 1,183 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 124,136 Da. Xyn10B also appears to be a modular protein, but typical linker sequences that separate the different domains were not identified. It comprises a N-terminal signal peptide followed by a stretch of amino acids that shows homology to thermostabilizing domains. Downstream of the latter domain, a catalytic domain specific for family 10 glycosyl hydrolases was identified. A truncated derivative of Xyn10B bound tightly to Avicel, which was in accordance with the identified cellulose binding domain at the C terminus of Xyn10B on the basis of homology. C. pachnodae, a (hemi)cellulolytic bacterium that was isolated from the hindgut of herbivorous Pachnoda marginata larvae, secretes at least two xylanases in the culture fluid. Although both Xyn11A and Xyn10B had the highest homology to xylanases from Cellulomonas fimi, distinct differences in the molecular organizations of the xylanases from the two Cellulomonas species were identified.
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- A E Cazemier
- Department of Microbiology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Payot S, Guedon E, Gelhaye E, Petitdemange H. Induction of lactate production associated with a decrease in NADH cell content enables growth resumption of Clostridium cellulolyticum in batch cultures on cellobiose. Res Microbiol 1999; 150:465-73. [PMID: 10540910 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(99)00110-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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When grown in batch cultures in fermentors with 23.4 mM cellobiose, Clostridium cellulolyticum displayed biphasic growth kinetics not associated with sequential substrate consumption and which led to a twofold higher production of biomass than previously reported. In the first growth phase, acetate was the major product of cellobiose metabolism, since lactate and ethanol productions remained low. Furthermore, an accumulation of intracellular NADH was observed. The transition towards the second growth phase was accompanied by an induction of lactate production, in such a way that lactate became the major product of C. cellulolyticum metabolism. In addition, a decrease in NADH concentration was measured, concomitant with this induction of lactate production and with the growth resumption. During both growth phases, the NADH-ferredoxin reductase-hydrogenase system played a major function in NADH regeneration, since H2 production was 1.4- to 1.5-fold higher than that of CO2. Thus, we found that lactate production serves as an additional catabolic pathway enabling C. cellulolyticum to cope with excesses of carbon and NADH produced. Growth experiments on C. cellulolyticum under an atmosphere of carbon monoxide mimicked this phenomenon and confirmed that a high intracellular level of NADH can provide a barrier to bacterial growth.
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- S Payot
- Laboratoire de biochimie des bactéries Gram+, université Henri Poincaré, faculté des sciences, Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy, France
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Otzen DE, Christiansen L, Schülein M. A comparative study of the unfolding of the endoglucanase Cel45 from Humicola insolens in denaturant and surfactant. Protein Sci 1999; 8:1878-87. [PMID: 10493589 PMCID: PMC2144393 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.9.1878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cellulases are increasingly being used for industrial purposes, particularly in washing powders, yet little is known of the factors governing the stability of proteins in detergent solutions. We present a comparative analysis of the behavior of the cellulase Cel45 from Humicola insolens in the presence of the denaturant guanidinium chloride and the anionic detergent C12-LAS. Although Cel45 unfolds in GdmCl according to a simple two-state model under equilibrium conditions, it accumulates a transient intermediate during refolding. The four disulfide bonds do not contribute detectably to the stability of the native state. Cel45 is unfolded by very low concentrations of C12-LAS (1-4 mM). An analysis of 16 mutants of Cel45 shows a very weak correlation between unfolding rates in denaturant and detergent; mutants that have the same unfolding rate in GdmCl (within a factor of 1.5) vary 1,000-fold in their unfolding rates in C12-LAS. The data support a simple model for unfolding by detergent, in which the introduction of positive charges or removal of negative charges greatly increases detergent sensitivity, while interactions with the hydrophobic detergent tail contribute to a smaller extent. This implies that different detergent-mediated unfolding pathways exist, whose accessibilities depend on individual residues. Double-mutant cycles reveal that mutations in two proximal residues lead to repulsion and a destabilization greater than the sum of the individual mutations as measured by GdmCl denaturation, but they also reduce the affinity for LAS and therefore actually stabilize the protein relative to wild-type. Ligands that interact strongly with the denatured state may therefore alter the unfolding process.
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- D E Otzen
- Enzyme Research, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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Simpson HD, Barras F. Functional analysis of the carbohydrate-binding domains of Erwinia chrysanthemi Cel5 (Endoglucanase Z) and an Escherichia coli putative chitinase. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:4611-6. [PMID: 10419961 PMCID: PMC103594 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4611-4616.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/1999] [Accepted: 05/26/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Cel5 cellulase (formerly known as endoglucanase Z) from Erwinia chrysanthemi is a multidomain enzyme consisting of a catalytic domain, a linker region, and a cellulose binding domain (CBD). A three-dimensional structure of the CBD(Cel5) has previously been obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance. In order to define the role of individual residues in cellulose binding, site-directed mutagenesis was performed. The role of three aromatic residues (Trp18, Trp43, and Tyr44) in cellulose binding was demonstrated. The exposed potential hydrogen bond donors, residues Gln22 and Glu27, appeared not to play a role in cellulose binding, whereas residue Asp17 was found to be important for the stability of Cel5. A deletion mutant lacking the residues Asp17 to Pro23 bound only weakly to cellulose. The sequence of CBD(Cel5) exhibits homology to a series of five repeating domains of a putative large protein, referred to as Yheb, from Escherichia coli. One of the repeating domains (Yheb1), consisting of 67 amino acids, was cloned from the E. coli chromosome and purified by metal chelating chromatography. While CBD(Cel5) bound to both cellulose and chitin, Yheb1 bound well to chitin, but only very poorly to cellulose. The Yheb protein contains a region that exhibits sequence homology with the catalytic domain of a chitinase, which is consistent with the hypothesis that the Yheb protein is a chitinase.
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- H D Simpson
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bacterienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Simpson PJ, Bolam DN, Cooper A, Ciruela A, Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ, Williamson MP. A family IIb xylan-binding domain has a similar secondary structure to a homologous family IIa cellulose-binding domain but different ligand specificity. Structure 1999; 7:853-64. [PMID: 10425686 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80108-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many enzymes that digest polysaccharides contain separate polysaccharide-binding domains. Structures have been previously determined for a number of cellulose-binding domains (CBDs) from cellulases. RESULTS The family IIb xylan-binding domain 1 (XBD1) from Cellulomonas fimi xylanase D is shown to bind xylan but not cellulose. Its structure is similar to that of the homologous family IIa CBD from C. fimi Cex, consisting of two four-stranded beta sheets that form a twisted 'beta sandwich'. The xylan-binding site is a groove made from two tryptophan residues that stack against the faces of the sugar rings, plus several hydrogen-bonding polar residues. CONCLUSIONS The biggest difference between the family IIa and IIb domains is that in the former the solvent-exposed tryptophan sidechains are coplanar, whereas in the latter they are perpendicular, forming a twisted binding site. The binding sites are therefore complementary to the secondary structures of the ligands cellulose and xylan. XBD1 and CexCBD represent a striking example of two proteins that have high sequence similarity but a different function.
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- P J Simpson
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, UK
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Guedon E, Payot S, Desvaux M, Petitdemange H. Carbon and electron flow in Clostridium cellulolyticum grown in chemostat culture on synthetic medium. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:3262-9. [PMID: 10322031 PMCID: PMC93785 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3262-3269.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/1998] [Accepted: 03/19/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous results indicated poor sugar consumption and early inhibition of metabolism and growth when Clostridium cellulolyticum was cultured on medium containing cellobiose and yeast extract. Changing from complex medium to a synthetic medium had a strong effect on (i) the specific cellobiose consumption, which was increased threefold; and (ii) the electron flow, since the NADH/NAD+ ratios ranged from 0.29 to 2.08 on synthetic medium whereas ratios as high as 42 to 57 on complex medium were observed. These data indicate a better control of the carbon flow on mineral salts medium than on complex medium. By continuous culture, it was shown that the electron flow from glycolysis was balanced by the production of hydrogen gas, ethanol, and lactate. At low levels of carbon flow, pyruvate was preferentially cleaved to acetate and ethanol, enabling the bacteria to maximize ATP formation. A high catabolic rate led to pyruvate overflow and to increased ethanol and lactate production. In vitro, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, and ethanol dehydrogenase levels were higher under conditions giving higher in vivo specific production rates. Redox balance is essentially maintained by NADH-ferredoxin reductase-hydrogenase at low levels of carbon flow and by ethanol dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase at high levels of carbon flow. The same maximum growth rate (0.150 h-1) was found in both mineral salts and complex media, proving that the uptake of nutrients or the generation of biosynthetic precursors occurred faster than their utilization. On synthetic medium, cellobiose carbon was converted into cell mass and catabolized to produce ATP, while on complex medium, it served mainly as an energy supply and, if present in excess, led to an accumulation of intracellular metabolites as demonstrated for NADH. Cells grown on synthetic medium and at high levels of carbon flow were able to induce regulatory responses such as the production of ethanol and lactate dehydrogenase.
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- E Guedon
- Laboratoire de Biochimie des Bact¿eries Gram +, Domaine Scientifique Victor Grignard, Universit¿e Henri Poincar¿e, Facult¿e des Sciences, 54506 Vanduvre-l¿es-Nancy C¿edex, France
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Southall SM, Simpson PJ, Gilbert HJ, Williamson G, Williamson MP. The starch-binding domain from glucoamylase disrupts the structure of starch. FEBS Lett 1999; 447:58-60. [PMID: 10218582 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00263-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The full-length glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger, G1, consists of an N-terminal catalytic domain followed by a semi-rigid linker (which together constitute the G2 form) and a C-terminal starch-binding domain (SBD). G1 and G2 both liberate glucose from insoluble corn starch, although G2 has a rate 80 times slower than G1. Following pre-incubation of the starch with SBD, the activity of G1 is uniformly reduced with increasing concentrations of SBD because of competition for binding sites. However, increasing concentrations of SBD produce an initial increase in the catalytic rate of G2, followed by a decrease at higher SBD concentrations. The results show that SBD has two functions: it binds to the starch, but it also disrupts the surface, thereby enhancing the amylolytic rate.
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- S M Southall
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, UK
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Cann IK, Kocherginskaya S, King MR, White BA, Mackie RI. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of a novel multidomain mannanase gene from Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:1643-51. [PMID: 10049399 PMCID: PMC93557 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1643-1651.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The manA gene of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum was cloned in Escherichia coli. The open reading frame of manA is composed of 3,291 bases and codes for a preprotein of 1,097 amino acids with an estimated molecular mass of 119,627 Da. The start codon is preceded by a strong putative ribosome binding site (TAAGGCGGTG) and a putative -35 (TTCGC) and -10 (TAAAAT) promoter sequence. The ManA of T. polysaccharolyticum is a modular protein. Sequence comparison and biochemical analyses demonstrate the presence of an N-terminal leader peptide, and three other domains in the following order: a putative mannanase-cellulase catalytic domain, cellulose binding domains 1 (CBD1) and CBD2, and a surface-layer-like protein region (SLH-1, SLH-2, and SLH-3). The CBD domains show no sequence homology to any cellulose binding domain yet reported, hence suggesting a novel CBD. The duplicated CBDs, which lack a disulfide bridge, exhibit 69% identity, and their deletion resulted in both failure to bind to cellulose and an apparent loss of carboxymethyl cellulase and mannanase activities. At the C-terminal region of the gene are three repeats of 59, 67, and 56 amino acids which are homologous to conserved sequences found in the S-layer-associated regions within the xylanases and cellulases of thermophilic members of the Bacillus-Clostridium cluster. The ManA of T. polysaccharolyticum, besides being an extremely active enzyme, is the only mannanase gene cloned which shows this domain structure.
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- I K Cann
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Harjunpää V, Helin J, Koivula A, Siika-aho M, Drakenberg T. A comparative study of two retaining enzymes of Trichoderma reesei: transglycosylation of oligosaccharides catalysed by the cellobiohydrolase I, Cel7A, and the beta-mannanase, Man5A. FEBS Lett 1999; 443:149-53. [PMID: 9989594 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01692-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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HPLC, MALDI-TOF MS and NMR spectroscopy were used to investigate the hydrolysis of cello- and mannooligosaccharides by Cel7A and Man5A from Trichoderma reesei. The experimental progress curves were analysed by fitting the numerically integrated kinetic equations, which provided cleavage patterns for oligosaccharides. This data evaluation procedure accounts for product inhibition and avoids the initial slope approximation. In addition, a transglycosylation step had to be included in the model to reproduce the experimental progress curves. For the hydrolysis of manno-oligosaccharides, Man4-6, by Man5A no mannose was detected at the beginning of the reaction showing that only the internal linkages are hydrolysed. For cellotriose and cellotetraose hydrolysis by Cel7A, the main product is cellobiose and glucose is released from the non-reducing end of the substrate. Intermediary products longer than the substrates were detected by MALDI-TOF MS when oligosaccharides (Glc4-6 or Man4-6) were hydrolysed by either Cel7A or Man5A. Interestingly, two distinct transglycosylation pathways could be observed. Cel7A produced intermediates that are one unit longer than the substrate, whereas Man5A produced intermediates that are two units longer than the substrate.
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Pauly M, Andersen LN, Kauppinen S, Kofod LV, York WS, Albersheim P, Darvill A. A xyloglucan-specific endo-beta-1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus: expression cloning in yeast, purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme. Glycobiology 1999; 9:93-100. [PMID: 9884411 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.1.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A full-length c-DNA encoding a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-glucanase (XEG) has been isolated from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus aculeatus by expression cloning in yeast. The colonies expressing functional XEG were identified on agar plates containing azurine-dyed cross-linked xyloglucan. The cDNA encoding XEG was isolated, sequenced, cloned into an Aspergillus expression vector, and transformed into Aspergillus oryzae for heterologous expression. The recombinant enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by anion-exchange and gel permeation chromatography. The recombinant XEG has a molecular mass of 23,600, an isoelectric point of 3.4, and is optimally stable at a pH of 3.4 and temperature below 30 degreesC. The enzyme hydrolyzes structurally diverse xyloglucans from various sources, but hydrolyzes no other cell wall component and can therefore be considered a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-glucanohydrolase. XEG hydrolyzes its substrates with retention of the anomeric configuration. The Kmof the recombinant enzyme is 3.6 mg/ml, and its specific activity is 260 micromol/min per mg protein. The enzyme was tested for its ability to solubilize xyloglucan oligosaccharides from plant cell walls. It was shown that treatment of plant cell walls with XEG yields only xyloglucan oligosaccharides, indicating that this enzyme can be a powerful tool in the structural elucidation of xyloglucans.
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- M Pauly
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens,GA 30602-4712, USA
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Tjerneld F, Johansson HO. Compartmentalization of Enzymes and Distribution of Products in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999; 192:137-51. [PMID: 10610359 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60524-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Phase separation is a common phenomenon in water solutions of polymers due to "polymer incompatibility." Polymeric aqueous two-phase systems are much used for separations in biochemistry and cell biology. When macromolecules are included in a phase system, it is often possible to obtain a one-sided distribution to one of the phases, i.e., the macromolecule is compartmentalized within one aqueous phase. This chapter describes the thermodynamic forces which govern the partitioning of molecules in aqueous two-phase systems. For a high molecular weight macromolecule, e.g., an enzyme, both enthalpic and entropic effects contribute to a one-sided partitioning. Molecules of low molecular weight will be more evenly distributed between the phases. These mechanisms are significant in biological systems and can be used for enzyme reactors in bioconversions. Enzymatic reactions can take place with enzyme and substrate compartmentalized in one of the phases. A low-molecular weight product which is evenly partitioned between the phases can be continuously removed from the enzyme-substrate compartment. These principles are described in the enzymatic conversion of cellulose in an aqueous two-phase system.
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- F Tjerneld
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lund, Sweden
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The cellulosome is a macromolecular machine, whose components interact in a synergistic manner to catalyze the efficient degradation of cellulose. The cellulosome complex is composed of numerous kinds of cellulases and related enzyme subunits, which are assembled into the complex by virtue of a unique type of scaffolding subunit (scaffoldin). Each of the cellulosomal subunits consists of a multiple set of modules, two classes of which (dockerin domains on the enzymes and cohesin domains on scaffoldin) govern the incorporation of the enzymatic subunits into the cellulosome complex. Another scaffoldin module-the cellulose-binding domain-is responsible for binding to the substrate. Some cellulosomes appear to be tethered to the cell envelope via similarly intricate, multiple-domain anchoring proteins. The assemblage is organized into dynamic polycellulosomal organelles, which adorn the cell surface. The cellulosome dictates both the binding of the cell to the substrate and its extracellular decomposition to soluble sugars, which are then taken up and assimilated by normal cellular processes.
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- E A Bayer
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
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Bok JD, Yernool DA, Eveleigh DE. Purification, characterization, and molecular analysis of thermostable cellulases CelA and CelB from Thermotoga neapolitana. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:4774-81. [PMID: 9835561 PMCID: PMC90921 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4774-4781.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/1998] [Accepted: 09/10/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two thermostable endocellulases, CelA and CelB, were purified from Thermotoga neapolitana. CelA (molecular mass, 29 kDa; pI 4.6) is optimally active at pH 6.0 at 95 degreesC, while CelB (molecular mass, 30 kDa; pI 4.1) has a broader optimal pH range (pH 6.0 to 6.6) at 106 degreesC. Both enzymes are characterized by a high level of activity (high Vmax value and low apparent Km value) with carboxymethyl cellulose; the specific activities of CelA and CelB are 1,219 and 1,536 U/mg, respectively. With p-nitrophenyl cellobioside the Vmax values of CelA and CelB are 69.2 and 18.4 U/mg, respectively, while the Km values are 0.97 and 0.3 mM, respectively. The major end products of cellulose hydrolysis, glucose and cellobiose, competitively inhibit CelA, and CelB. The Ki values for CelA are 0.44 M for glucose and 2.5 mM for cellobiose; the Ki values for CelB are 0.2 M for glucose and 1.16 mM for cellobiose. CelB preferentially cleaves larger cellooligomers, producing cellobiose as the end product; it also exhibits significant transglycosylation activity. This enzyme is highly thermostable and has half-lives of 130 min at 106 degreesC and 26 min at 110 degreesC. A single clone encoding the celA and celB genes was identified by screening a T. neapolitana genomic library in Escherichia coli. The celA gene encodes a 257-amino-acid protein, while celB encodes a 274-amino-acid protein. Both proteins belong to family 12 of the glycosyl hydrolases, and the two proteins are 60% similar to each other. Northern blots of T. neapolitana mRNA revealed that celA and celB are monocistronic messages, and both genes are inducible by cellobiose and are repressed by glucose.
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- J D Bok
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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Metabolism of plant polysaccharides by leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant atta sexdens L. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:4820-2. [PMID: 9835568 PMCID: PMC90928 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4820-4822.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Atta sexdens L. ants feed on the fungus they cultivate on cut leaves inside their nests. The fungus, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, metabolizes plant polysaccharides, such as xylan, starch, pectin, and cellulose, mediating assimilation of these compounds by the ants. This metabolic integration may be an important part of the ant-fungus symbiosis, and it involves primarily xylan and starch, both of which support rapid fungal growth. Cellulose seems to be less important for symbiont nutrition, since it is poorly degraded and assimilated by the fungus. Pectin is rapidly degraded but slowly assimilated by L. gongylophorus, and its degradation may occur so that the fungus can more easily access other polysaccharides in the leaves.
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Karlsson EN, Bartonek-Roxå E, Holst O. Evidence for substrate binding of a recombinant thermostable xylanase originating from Rhodothermus marinus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 168:1-7. [PMID: 9812357 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The xynl encoded 5 domain xylanase from the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus binds specifically to xylan, beta-glucan and amorphous but not crystalline cellulose. Our results show that the binding is mediated by the full length xylanase, but not by the catalytic domain only. Based on similarities concerning both predicted secondary structure and binding specificity found with one cellulose binding domain of CenC from Cellulomonas fimi, we suggest that the binding is mediated by the two N-terminally repeated domains.
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- E N Karlsson
- Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, Sweden.
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Kim H, Goto M, Jeong HJ, Jung KH, Kwon I, Furukawa K. Functional analysis of a hybrid endoglucanase of bacterial origin having a cellulose binding domain from a fungal exoglucanase. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1998; 75:193-204. [PMID: 10230019 DOI: 10.1007/bf02787774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A cellulose binding domain (CBD) of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase (Ben) from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis BSE616 was replaced with the CBD of exoglucanase I (TexI) from the fungus Trichoderma viride HK-75. The resultant hybrid enzyme Ben'-CBDTexI, comprising the catalytic domain (Ben') of Ben and the CBD (CBDTexI) of TexI, was highly expressed at 20% of the total protein in Escherichia coli. The molecular mass of the hybrid enzyme was estimated to be ca. 38 kDa by SDS-PAGE, which was in good agreement with that calculated from 305 amino acids of Ben and 42 amino acids of CBDTexI. The hybrid enzyme exhibited almost the same activity as that of the original Ben toward soluble substrates, such as cellooligosaccharides. The hybrid enzyme showed higher binding ability and hydrolysis activity toward microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel), even though the length of the CBD of TexI was four times smaller than that of Ben. The hybrid enzyme was more resistant to tryptic digestion than the original Ben. The efficient binding ability of the hybrid enzyme to Avicel permitted purification of the enzyme using an Avicel-affinity column to the extent of ca. 90% purity.
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- H Kim
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Sunchon National University, Korea
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Yan Y, Smant G, Stokkermans J, Qin L, Helder J, Baum T, Schots A, Davis E. Genomic organization of four beta-1,4-endoglucanase genes in plant-parasitic cyst nematodes and its evolutionary implications. Gene 1998; 220:61-70. [PMID: 9767113 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00413-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The genomic organization of genes encoding beta-1,4-endoglucanases (cellulases) from the plant-parasitic cyst nematodes Heterodera glycines and Globodera rostochiensis (HG-eng1, Hg-eng2, GR-eng1, and GR-eng2) was investigated. HG-eng1 and GR-eng1 both contained eight introns and structural domains of 2151 and 2492bp, respectively. HG-eng2 and GR-eng2 both contained seven introns and structural domains of 2324 and 2388bp, respectively. No significant similarity in intron sequence or size was observed between HG-eng1 and HG-eng2, whereas the opposite was true between GR-eng1 and GR-eng2. Intron positions among all four cyst nematode cellulase genes were conserved identically in relation to the predicted amino acid sequence. HG-eng1, GR-eng1, and GR-eng2 had several introns demarcated by 5'-GCellipsisAG-3' in the splice sites, and all four nematode cellulase genes had the polyadenylation and cleavage signal sequence 5'-GAUAAA-3'-both rare occurences in eukaryotic genes. The 5'- flanking regions of each nematode cellulase gene, however, had signature sequences typical of eukaryotic promoter regions, including a TATA box, bHLH-type binding sites, and putative silencer, repressor, and enhancer elements. Database searches and subsequent phylogenetic comparison of the catalytic domain of the nematode cellulases placed the nematode genes in one group, with Family 5, subfamily 2, glycosyl hydrolases from Scotobacteria and Bacilliaceae as the most homologous groups. The overall amino acid sequence identity among the four nematode cellulases was from 71 to 83%, and the amino acid sequence identity to bacterial Family 5 cellulases ranged from 33 to 44%. The eukaryotic organization of the four cyst nematode cellulases suggests that they share a common ancestor, and their strong homology to prokaryotic glycosyl hydrolases may be indicative of an ancient horizontal gene transfer.
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- Y Yan
- Plant Pathology Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Parsiegla G, Juy M, Reverbel-Leroy C, Tardif C, Belaïch JP, Driguez H, Haser R. The crystal structure of the processive endocellulase CelF of Clostridium cellulolyticum in complex with a thiooligosaccharide inhibitor at 2.0 A resolution. EMBO J 1998; 17:5551-62. [PMID: 9755156 PMCID: PMC1170884 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The mesophilic bacterium Clostridium cellulolyticum exports multienzyme complexes called cellulosomes to digest cellulose. One of the three major components of the cellulosome is the processive endocellulase CelF. The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of CelF in complex with two molecules of a thiooligosaccharide inhibitor was determined at 2.0 A resolution. This is the first three-dimensional structure to be solved of a member of the family 48 glycosyl hydrolases. The structure consists of an (alpha alpha)6-helix barrel with long loops on the N-terminal side of the inner helices, which form a tunnel, and an open cleft region covering one side of the barrel. One inhibitor molecule is enclosed in the tunnel, the other exposed in the open cleft. The active centre is located in a depression at the junction of the cleft and tunnel regions. Glu55 is the proposed proton donor in the cleavage reaction, while the corresponding base is proposed to be either Glu44 or Asp230. The orientation of the reducing ends of the inhibitor molecules together with the chain translation through the tunnel in the direction of the active centre indicates that CelF cleaves processively cellobiose from the reducing to the non-reducing end of the cellulose chain.
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- G Parsiegla
- Laboratoire d'Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille cedex 20, France
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Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ. Structure and function analysis of Pseudomonas plant cell wall hydrolases. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 61:211-41. [PMID: 9752722 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60828-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Hydrolysis of the major structural polysaccharides of plant cell walls by the aerobic soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa is attributable to the production of multiple extracellular cellulase and hemicellulase enzymes, which are the products of distinct genes belonging to multigene families. Cloning and sequencing of individual genes, coupled with gene sectioning and functional analysis of the encoded proteins have provided a detailed picture of structure/function relationships and have established the cellulase-hemicellulase system of P. fluorescens subsp. cellulosa as a model for the plant cell wall degrading enzyme systems of aerobic cellulolytic bacteria. Cellulose- and xylan-degrading enzymes produced by the pseudomonad are typically modular in structure and contain catalytic and noncatalytic domains joined together by serine-rich linker sequences. The cellulases include a cellodextrinase; a beta-glucan glucohydrolase and multiple endoglucanases, containing catalytic domains belonging to glycosyl hydrolase families 5, 9, and 45; and cellulose-binding domains of families II and X, both of which are present in each enzyme. Endo-acting xylanases, with catalytic domains belonging to families 10 and 11, and accessory xylan-degrading enzymes produced by P. fluorescens subsp. cellulosa contain cellulose-binding domains of families II, X, and XI, which act by promoting close contact between the catalytic domain of the enzyme and its target substrate. A domain homologous with NodB from rhizobia, present in one xylanase, functions as a deacetylase. Mananase, arabinanase, and galactanase produced by the pseudomonad are single domain enzymes. Crystallographic studies, coupled with detailed kinetic analysis of mutant forms of the enzyme in which key residues have been altered by site-directed mutagenesis, have shown that xylanase A (family 10) has 8-fold alpha/beta barrel architecture, an extended substrate-binding cleft containing at least six xylose-binding pockets and a calcium-binding site that protects the enzyme from thermal inactivation, thermal unfolding, and attack by proteinases. Kinetic studies of mutant and wild-type forms of a mannanase and a galactanase from P. fluorescens subsp. cellulosa have enabled the catalytic mechanisms and key catalytic residues of these enzymes to be identified.
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- G P Hazlewood
- Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Tomme P, Boraston A, McLean B, Kormos J, Creagh AL, Sturch K, Gilkes NR, Haynes CA, Warren RA, Kilburn DG. Characterization and affinity applications of cellulose-binding domains. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1998; 715:283-96. [PMID: 9792516 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(98)00053-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cellulose-binding domains (CBDs) are discrete protein modules found in a large number of carbohydrolases and a few nonhydrolytic proteins. To date, almost 200 sequences can be classified in 13 different families with distinctly different properties. CBDs vary in size from 4 to 20 kDa and occur at different positions within the polypeptides; N-terminal, C-terminal and internal. They have a moderately high and specific affinity for insoluble or soluble cellulosics with dissociation constants in the low micromolar range. Some CBDs bind irreversibly to cellulose and can be used for applications involving immobilization, others bind reversibly and are more useful for separations and purifications. Dependent on the CBD used, desorption from the matrix can be promoted under various different conditions including denaturants (urea, high pH), water, or specific competitive ligands (e.g. cellobiose). Family I and IV CBDs bind reversibly to cellulose in contrast to family II and III CBDs which are in general, irreversibly bound. The binding of family II CBDs (CBD(Cex)) to crystalline cellulose is characterized by a large favourable increase in entropy indicating that dehydration of the sorbent and the protein are the major driving forces for binding. In contrast, binding of family IV CBDs (CBD(N1)) to amorphous or soluble cellulosics is driven by a favourable change in enthalpy which is partially offset by an unfavourable entropy change. Hydrogen bond formation and van der Waals interactions are the main driving forces for binding. CBDs with affinity for crystalline cellulose are useful tags for classical column affinity chromatography. The affinity of CBD(N1) for soluble cellulosics makes it suitable for use in large-scale aqueous two-phase affinity partitioning systems.
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- P Tomme
- Protein Engineering Networks of Centres of Excellence, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Medve J, Karlsson J, Lee D, Tjerneld F. Hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose by cellobiohydrolase I and endoglucanase II fromTrichoderma reesei: Adsorption, sugar production pattern, and synergism of the enzymes. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19980905)59:5<621::aid-bit13>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Notenboom V, Birsan C, Nitz M, Rose DR, Warren RA, Withers SG. Insights into transition state stabilization of the beta-1,4-glycosidase Cex by covalent intermediate accumulation in active site mutants. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1998; 5:812-8. [PMID: 9731776 DOI: 10.1038/1852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The catalytic mechanism of 'retaining' beta-glycosidases has been the subject of considerable interest and debate for many years. The visualization of a covalent glycosyl enzyme intermediate by X-ray crystallography was first accomplished with a saccharide substrate substituted with fluorine at its 2-position. The structure implicated major roles for residue His 205 and for the 2-hydroxyl position of the proximal saccharide in binding and catalysis. Here we have studied the kinetic behavior of various His 205 mutants. One of these mutants, a double mutant H205N/E127A, has been used to stabilize a covalent glycosyl-enzyme intermediate involving an unsubstituted sugar, permitting crystallographic analysis of the interactions between its 2-hydroxyl group and the enzyme.
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- V Notenboom
- Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence, Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
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Riedel K, Ritter J, Bauer S, Bronnenmeier K. The modular cellulase CelZ of the thermophilic bacterium Clostridium stercorarium contains a thermostabilizing domain. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 164:261-7. [PMID: 9682475 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13096.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The non-catalytic region of the Clostridium stercorarium cellulase CelZ (Avicelase I) comprises two protein segments (C and C') grouped into different subfamilies of cellulose-binding domain (CBD) family III. The C-terminally located family IIIb domain C was identified as a true cellulose-binding domain responsible for anchoring the CelZ enzyme to cellulose. The family IIIc domain C' immediately adjacent to the catalytic domain was unable to mediate binding to cellulose. A deletion study revealed a lack of independence of this pair of domains: almost the entire C' domain was required to maintain the catalytic activity and the thermostability of the enzyme.
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- K Riedel
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Stålbrand H, Mansfield SD, Saddler JN, Kilburn DG, Warren RA, Gilkes NR. Analysis of molecular size distributions of cellulose molecules during hydrolysis of cellulose by recombinant Cellulomonas fimi beta-1,4-glucanases. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:2374-9. [PMID: 9647802 PMCID: PMC106398 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2374-2379.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Four beta-1,4-glucanases (cellulases) of the cellulolytic bacterium Cellulomonas fimi were purified from Escherichia coli cells transformed with recombinant plasmids. Previous analyses using soluble substrates had suggested that CenA and CenC were endoglucanases while CbhA and CbhB resembled the exo-acting cellobiohydrolases produced by cellulolytic fungi. Analysis of molecular size distributions during cellulose hydrolysis by the individual enzymes confirmed these preliminary findings and provided further evidence that endoglucanase CenC has a more processive hydrolytic activity than CenA. The significant differences between the size distributions obtained during hydrolysis of bacterial microcrystalline cellulose and acid-swollen cellulose can be explained in terms of the accessibility of beta-1,4-glucan chains to enzyme attack. Endoglucanases and cellobiohydrolases were much more easily distinguished when the acid-swollen substrate was used.
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- H Stålbrand
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Characterization of endoglucanases from the brown rot fungi Gloeophyllum sepiarium and Gloeophyllum trabeum. Enzyme Microb Technol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(98)00033-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Koivula A, Kinnari T, Harjunpää V, Ruohonen L, Teleman A, Drakenberg T, Rouvinen J, Jones TA, Teeri TT. Tryptophan 272: an essential determinant of crystalline cellulose degradation by Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase Cel6A. FEBS Lett 1998; 429:341-6. [PMID: 9662445 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00596-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase Cel6A (formerly CBHII) has a tunnel shaped active site with four internal subsites for the glucose units. We have predicted an additional ring stacking interaction for a sixth glucose moiety with a tryptophan residue (W272) found on the domain surface. Mutagenesis of this residue selectively impairs the enzyme function on crystalline cellulose but not on soluble or amorphous substrates. Our data shows that W272 forms an additional subsite at the entrance of the active site tunnel and suggests it has a specialised role in crystalline cellulose degradation, possibly in guiding a glucan chain into the tunnel.
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- A Koivula
- VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Espoo, Finland
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Nagy T, Simpson P, Williamson MP, Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ, Orosz L. All three surface tryptophans in Type IIa cellulose binding domains play a pivotal role in binding both soluble and insoluble ligands. FEBS Lett 1998; 429:312-6. [PMID: 9662439 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00625-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The three surface tryptophans of the Type IIa cellulose binding domain of Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa xylanase A (CBD(XYLA)) were independently mutated to alanine, to create the mutants W13A, W49A and W66A. The three mutant proteins were purified, and their capacity to bind to a variety of ligands was determined. The mutant proteins have native-like structures but exhibited much weaker affinity for crystalline and amorphous cellulose and for cellohexaose than the wild type. These data indicate that all three tryptophans are important for binding to cellulose, and support a model in which the three tryptophans form an aromatic strip on the surface of the protein that binds to a single cellulose.
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- T Nagy
- Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Zverlov VV, Velikodvorskaya GV, Schwarz WH, Bronnenmeier K, Kellermann J, Staudenbauer WL. Multidomain structure and cellulosomal localization of the Clostridium thermocellum cellobiohydrolase CbhA. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:3091-9. [PMID: 9620957 PMCID: PMC107808 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3091-3099.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of the Clostridium thermocellum F7 cbhA gene, coding for the cellobiohydrolase CbhA, has been determined. An open reading frame encoding a protein of 1,230 amino acids was identified. Removal of a putative signal peptide yields a mature protein of 1,203 amino acids with a molecular weight of 135,139. Sequence analysis of CbhA reveals a multidomain structure of unusual complexity consisting of an N-terminal cellulose binding domain (CBD) homologous to CBD family IV, an immunoglobulin-like beta-barrel domain, a catalytic domain homologous to cellulase family E1, a duplicated domain similar to fibronectin type III (Fn3) modules, a CBD homologous to family III, a highly acidic linker region, and a C-terminal dockerin domain. The cellulosomal localization of CbhA was confirmed by Western blot analysis employing polyclonal antibodies raised against a truncated enzymatically active version of CbhA. CbhA was identified as cellulosomal subunit S3 by partial amino acid sequence analysis. Comparison of the multidomain structures indicates striking similarities between CbhA and a group of cellulases from actinomycetes. Average linkage cluster analysis suggests a coevolution of the N-terminal CBD and the catalytic domain and its spread by horizontal gene transfer among gram-positive cellulolytic bacteria.
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- V V Zverlov
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
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Ion-exchange chromatographic purification and quantitative analysis of Trichoderma reesei cellulases cellobiohydrolase I, II and endoglucanase II by fast protein liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr A 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00132-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Riedel K, Bronnenmeier K. Intramolecular synergism in an engineered exo-endo-1,4-beta-glucanase fusion protein. Mol Microbiol 1998; 28:767-75. [PMID: 9643544 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Exoglucanase CelY and endoglucanase CelZ from the cellulolytic thermophile Clostridium stercorarium act in synergism to hydrolyse cellulosic substrates. To increase the efficiency of the hydrolytic degradation process, an artificial multienzyme carrying both enzymatic activities on one polypeptide chain was constructed by gene fusion. A segment of CelZ, CelZdeltaBB'C (designated CelZC'), comprising the catalytic domain and the adjacent domain C' homologous to the cellulose-binding domain family IIIc, was fused to the C-terminus of CelY, yielding the fusion protein CelY-CelZC', designated CelYZ. The large fusion protein (170 kDa) could be isolated from a recombinant Escherichia coli strain in its intact form retaining the pronounced thermostability of the fusion partners. As a true multienzmye, CelYZ exhibited both exoglucanase and endoglucanase activities. The cellulolytic activity of the fusion protein was three- to fourfold higher than the sum of the individual activities. Dilution experiments showed that the enhanced cellulolytic activity of the multienzyme resulted from intramolecular synergism of the fusion partners. The product profiles and the kinetic constants of cellulose hydrolysis support a new mechanistic model proposed for explaining the co-operativity of the two catalytic domains within the multienzmye.
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- K Riedel
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Bolam DN, Ciruela A, McQueen-Mason S, Simpson P, Williamson MP, Rixon JE, Boraston A, Hazlewood GP, Gilbert HJ. Pseudomonas cellulose-binding domains mediate their effects by increasing enzyme substrate proximity. Biochem J 1998; 331 ( Pt 3):775-81. [PMID: 9560304 PMCID: PMC1219417 DOI: 10.1042/bj3310775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To investigate the mode of action of cellulose-binding domains (CBDs), the Type II CBD from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa xylanase A (XYLACBD) and cellulase E (CELECBD) were expressed as individual entities or fused to the catalytic domain of a Clostridium thermocellum endoglucanase (EGE). The two CBDs exhibited similar Ka values for bacterial microcrystalline cellulose (CELECBD, 1.62x10(6) M-1; XYLACBD, 1.83x10(6) M-1) and acid-swollen cellulose (CELECBD, 1.66x10(6) M-1; XYLACBD, 1.73x10(6) M-1). NMR spectra of XYLACBD titrated with cello-oligosaccharides showed that the environment of three tryptophan residues was affected when the CBD bound cellohexaose, cellopentaose or cellotetraose. The Ka values of the XYLACBD for C6, C5 and C4 cello-oligosaccharides were estimated to be 3.3x10(2), 1.4x10(2) and 4.0x10(1) M-1 respectively, suggesting that the CBD can accommodate at least six glucose molecules and has a much higher affinity for insoluble cellulose than soluble oligosaccharides. Fusion of either the CELECBD or XYLACBD to the catalytic domain of EGE potentiated the activity of the enzyme against insoluble forms of cellulose but not against carboxymethylcellulose. The increase in cellulase activity was not observed when the CBDs were incubated with the catalytic domain of either EGE or XYLA, with insoluble cellulose and a cellulose/hemicellulose complex respectively as the substrates. Pseudomonas CBDs did not induce the extension of isolated plant cell walls nor weaken cellulose paper strips in the same way as a class of plant cell wall proteins called expansins. The XYLACBD and CELECBD did not release small particles from the surface of cotton. The significance of these results in relation to the mode of action of Type II CBDs is discussed.
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- D N Bolam
- Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Smant G, Stokkermans JP, Yan Y, de Boer JM, Baum TJ, Wang X, Hussey RS, Gommers FJ, Henrissat B, Davis EL, Helder J, Schots A, Bakker J. Endogenous cellulases in animals: isolation of beta-1, 4-endoglucanase genes from two species of plant-parasitic cyst nematodes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:4906-11. [PMID: 9560201 PMCID: PMC20186 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.9.4906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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beta-1,4-Endoglucanases (EGases, EC 3.2.1.4) degrade polysaccharides possessing beta-1,4-glucan backbones such as cellulose and xyloglucan and have been found among extremely variegated taxonomic groups. Although many animal species depend on cellulose as their main energy source, most omnivores and herbivores are unable to produce EGases endogenously. So far, all previously identified EGase genes involved in the digestive system of animals originate from symbiotic microorganisms. Here we report on the synthesis of EGases in the esophageal glands of the cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Heterodera glycines. From each of the nematode species, two cDNAs were characterized and hydrophobic cluster analysis revealed that the four catalytic domains belong to family 5 of the glycosyl hydrolases (EC 3.2.1, 3.2.2, and 3.2.3). These domains show 37-44% overall amino acid identity with EGases from the bacteria Erwinia chrysanthemi, Clostridium acetobutylicum, and Bacillus subtilis. One EGase with a bacterial type of cellulose-binding domain was identified for each nematode species. The leucine-rich hydrophobic core of the signal peptide and the presence of a polyadenylated 3' end precluded the EGases from being of bacterial origin. Cyst nematodes are obligatory plant parasites and the identified EGases presumably facilitate the intracellular migration through plant roots by partial cell wall degradation.
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- G Smant
- Nematology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Binnenhaven 10, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Smith GP, Patel SU, Windass JD, Thornton JM, Winter G, Griffiths AD. Small binding proteins selected from a combinatorial repertoire of knottins displayed on phage. J Mol Biol 1998; 277:317-32. [PMID: 9514763 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Knottins are a group of small, disulphide-bonded proteins that bind with high specificity to their target molecules. These proteins appear to use different faces of the protein for their interactions with different targets. Here, we attempted to create knottins with novel binding activities based on the cellulose-binding domain of the fungal enzyme cellobiohydrolase I. Variation was introduced to the face of the protein that binds cellulose. Seven residues, which are located in two regions of the polypeptide chain and form a patch of about 400 A2 on the protein surface, were simultaneously varied by random mutation of the gene. The repertoire was cloned for display on filamentous bacteriophage (5.5 x 10(8) clones), and selected for binding to cellulose or to one of three enzymes (alpha-amylase, alkaline phosphatase and beta-glucuronidase). We thereby isolated variant knottins against cellulose (differing in sequence from the parent knottin) and also against alkaline phosphatase. The binding to (glycosylated) alkaline phosphatase was highly specific with an affinity of about 10 microM, required the presence of disulphide bonds and was mediated through protein (rather than carbohydrate) contacts. Knottin scaffolds therefore appear to be a promising architecture for the creation of small folded proteins with binding activities, with the potential for improvement of binding affinities by mutation, or of using other faces of the protein to provide greater structural diversity in the primary repertoire.
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- G P Smith
- MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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Tsujibo H, Orikoshi H, Shiotani K, Hayashi M, Umeda J, Miyamoto K, Imada C, Okami Y, Inamori Y. Characterization of chitinase C from a marine bacterium, Alteromonas sp. strain O-7, and its corresponding gene and domain structure. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:472-8. [PMID: 9464381 PMCID: PMC106068 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.472-478.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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One of the chitinase genes of Alteromonas sp. strain O-7, the chitinase C-encoding gene (chiC), was cloned, and the nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame coded for a protein of 430 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 46,680 Da. Alignment of the deduced amino acid sequence demonstrated that ChiC contained three functional domains, the N-terminal domain, a fibronectin type III-like domain, and a catalytic domain. The N-terminal domain (59 amino acids) was similar to that found in the C-terminal extension of ChiA (50 amino acids) of this strain and furthermore showed significant sequence homology to the regions found in several chitinases and cellulases. Thus, to evaluate the role of the domain, we constructed the hybrid gene that directs the synthesis of the fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase activity. Both the fusion protein and the N-terminal domain itself bound to chitin, indicating that the N-terminal domain of ChiC constitutes an independent chitin-binding domain.
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- H Tsujibo
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
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Divne C, Ståhlberg J, Teeri TT, Jones TA. High-resolution crystal structures reveal how a cellulose chain is bound in the 50 A long tunnel of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei. J Mol Biol 1998; 275:309-25. [PMID: 9466911 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Detailed information has been obtained, by means of protein X-ray crystallography, on how a cellulose chain is bound in the cellulose-binding tunnel of cellobiohydrolase I (CBHI), the major cellulase in the hydrolysis of native, crystalline cellulose by the fungus Trichoderma reesei. Three high-resolution crystal structures of different catalytically deficient mutants of CBHI in complex with cellotetraose, cellopentaose and cellohexaose have been refined at 1.9, 1.7 and 1.9 A resolution, respectively. The observed binding of cellooligomers in the tunnel allowed unambiguous identification of ten well-defined subsites for glucosyl units that span a length of approximately 50 A. All bound oligomers have the same directionality and orientation, and the positions of the glucosyl units in each binding site agree remarkably well between the different complexes. The binding mode observed here corresponds to that expected during productive binding of a cellulose chain. The structures support the hypothesis that hydrolysis by CBHI proceeds from the reducing towards the non-reducing end of a cellulose chain, and they provide a structural explanation for the observed distribution of initial hydrolysis products.
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- C Divne
- Department of Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Heiner AP, Kuutti L, Teleman O. Comparison of the interface between water and four surfaces of native crystalline cellulose by molecular dynamics simulations. Carbohydr Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(97)10053-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sun JL, Sakka K, Karita S, Kimura T, Ohmiya K. Adsorption of Clostridium stercorarium xylanase A to insoluble xylan and the importance of the CBDs to xylan hydrolysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0922-338x(97)80355-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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PCR cloning and expression of the family xylanase gene from Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0922-338x(98)80147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The solvent-forming clostridia have attracted interest because of their ability to convert a range of carbohydrates to end-products such as acetone, butanol and ethanol. Polymeric substrates such as cellulose, hemicellulose and starch are degraded by extracellular enzymes. The majority of cellulolytic clostridia, typified by Clostridium thermocellum, produce a multi-enzyme cellulase complex in which the organization of components is critical for activity against the crystalline substrate. A variety of enzymes involved in degradation of hemicellulose and starch have been identified in different strains. The products of degradation, and other soluble substrates, are accumulated via membrane-bound transport systems which are generally poorly characterized. It is clear, however, that the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS) plays a major role in solute uptake in several species. Accumulated substrates are converted by intracellular enzymes to end-products characteristic of the organism, with production of ATP to support growth. The metabolic pathways have been described, but understanding of mechanisms of regulation of metabolism is incomplete. Synthesis of extracellular enzymes and membrane-bound transport systems is commonly subject to catabolite repression in the presence of a readily metabolized source of carbon and energy. While many genes encoding cellulases, xylanases and amylases have been cloned and sequenced, little is known of control of their expression. Although the mechanism of catabolite repression in clostridia is not understood, some recent findings implicate a role for the PTS as in other low G-C Gram-positive bacteria. Emphasis has been placed on describing the mechanisms underlying the switch of C. acetobutylicum fermentations from acidogenic to solventogenic metabolism at the end of the growth phase. Factors involved include a lowered pH and accumulation of undissociated butyric acid, intracellular concentration of ATP and reduced pyridine nucleotides, nutrient limitation, and the interplay between pathways of carbon and electron flow. Genes encoding enzymes of solvent pathways have been cloned and sequenced, and their expression correlated with the pattern of end-product formation in fermentations. There is evidence that the initiation of solvent formation may be subject to control mechanisms similar to other stationary-phase phenomena, including sporulation. The application of recently developed techniques for genetic manipulation of the bacterium is improving understanding of the regulatory circuits, but a complete molecular description of the control of solvent formation remains elusive. Experimental manipulation of the pathways of electron flow in other species has been shown to influence the range and yield of fermentation end-products. Acid-forming clostridia can, under appropriate conditions, be induced to form atypical solvents as products. While the mechanisms of regulation of gene expression are not at all understood, the capacity to adapt in this way further illustrates the metabolic flexibility of clostridial strains.
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- W J Mitchell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Black GW, Rixon JE, Clarke JH, Hazlewood GP, Ferreira LM, Bolam DN, Gilbert HJ. Cellulose binding domains and linker sequences potentiate the activity of hemicellulases against complex substrates. J Biotechnol 1997; 57:59-69. [PMID: 9335166 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(97)00089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To evaluate the role of the CBDs and linker sequences in Pseudomonas xylanase A (XYLA) and arabinofuranosidase C (XYLC), the catalytic activity of derivatives of these enzymes, lacking either the linker sequences or CBDs, was assessed. Removal of the CBDs or linker sequences did not affect the activity of either XYLA or XYLC against soluble arabinoxylan, while derivatives of XYLA, in which either the CBD or interdomain regions had been deleted, exhibited decreased activity against the xylan component of cellulose/hemicellulose complexes. Although a truncated derivative of XYLC (XYLC"'), lacking its CBD, was less active than the full-length enzyme against plant cell wall material containing highly substituted arabinoxylan, XYLC"' was more active than XYLC on complex substrates where the degree of substitution of arabinoxylan was very low. These data indicate that CBDs and linker sequences play an important role in the activity of hemicellulases against plant cell walls and other cellulose/hemicellulose complexes.
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- G W Black
- Department of Biological and Nutritional Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Gilkes NR, Kwan E, Kilburn DG, Miller RC, Antony R, Warren J. Attack of carboxymethylcellulose at opposite ends by two cellobiohydrolases from Cellulomonas fimi. J Biotechnol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(97)00091-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wood BE, Beall DS, Ingram LO. Production of recombinant bacterial endoglucanase as a co-product with ethanol during fermentation using derivatives ofEscherichia coli KO11. Biotechnol Bioeng 1997; 55:547-55. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19970805)55:3<547::aid-bit12>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hayashi H, Takagi KI, Fukumura M, Kimura T, Karita S, Sakka K, Ohmiya K. Sequence of xynC and properties of XynC, a major component of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:4246-53. [PMID: 9209040 PMCID: PMC179246 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4246-4253.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of the Clostridium thermocellum F1 xynC gene, which encodes the xylanase XynC, consists of 1,857 bp and encodes a protein of 619 amino acids with a molecular weight of 69,517. XynC contains a typical N-terminal signal peptide of 32 amino acid residues, followed by a 165-amino-acid sequence which is homologous to the thermostabilizing domain. Downstream of this domain was a family 10 catalytic domain of glycosyl hydrolase. The C terminus separated from the catalytic domain by a short linker sequence contains a dockerin domain responsible for cellulosome assembly. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of XynC-II, the enzyme purified from a recombinant Escherichia coli strain, was in agreement with that deduced from the nucleotide sequence although XynC-II suffered from proteolytic truncation by a host protease(s) at the C-terminal region. Immunological and N-terminal amino acid sequence analyses disclosed that the full-length XynC is one of the major components of the C. thermocellum cellulosome. XynC-II was highly active toward xylan and slightly active toward p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-xylopyranoside, p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-cellobioside, p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, and carboxymethyl cellulose. The Km and Vmax values for xylan were 3.9 mg/ml and 611 micromol/min/mg of protein, respectively. This enzyme was optimally active at 80 degrees C and was stable up to 70 degrees C at neutral pHs and over the pH range of 4 to 11 at 25 degrees C.
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- H Hayashi
- Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan
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Malburg SR, Malburg LM, Liu T, Iyo AH, Forsberg CW. Catalytic properties of the cellulose-binding endoglucanase F from Fibrobacter succinogenes S85. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:2449-53. [PMID: 9172367 PMCID: PMC168539 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2449-2453.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The celF gene from the predominant cellulolytic ruminal bacterium Fibrobacter succinogenes encodes a 118.3-kDa cellulose-binding endoglucanase, endoglucanase F (EGF). This enzyme possesses an N-terminal cellulose-binding domain and a C-terminal catalytic domain. The purified catalytic domain displayed an activity profile typical of an endoglucanase, with high catalytic activity on carboxymethyl cellulose and barley beta-glucan. Immunoblotting of EGF and the formerly characterized endoglucanase 2 (EG2) from F. succinogenes with antibodies prepared against each of the enzymes demonstrated that EGF and EG2 contain cross-reactive epitopes. This data in conjunction with evidence that the proteins are the same size, share a 19-residue internal amino acid sequence, possess similar catalytic properties, and both bind to cellulose allows the conclusion that celF codes for EG2.
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- S R Malburg
- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Teeri TT. Crystalline cellulose degradation: new insight into the function of cellobiohydrolases. Trends Biotechnol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7799(97)01032-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 463] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pagès S, Gal L, Bélaïch A, Gaudin C, Tardif C, Bélaïch JP. Role of scaffolding protein CipC of Clostridium cellulolyticum in cellulose degradation. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:2810-6. [PMID: 9139893 PMCID: PMC179039 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2810-2816.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The role of a miniscaffolding protein, miniCipC1, forming part of Clostridium cellulolyticum scaffolding protein CipC in insoluble cellulose degradation was investigated. The parameters of the binding of miniCipC1, which contains a family III cellulose-binding domain (CBD), a hydrophilic domain, and a cohesin domain, to four insoluble celluloses were determined. At saturating concentrations, about 8.2 micromol of protein was bound per g of bacterial microcrystalline cellulose, while Avicel, colloidal Avicel, and phosphoric acid-swollen cellulose bound 0.28, 0.38, and 0.55 micromol of miniCipC1 per g, respectively. The dissociation constants measured varied between 1.3 x 10(-7) and 1.5 x 10(-8) M. These results are discussed with regard to the properties of the various substrates. The synergistic action of miniCipC1 and two forms of endoglucanase CelA (with and without the dockerin domain [CelA2 and CelA3, respectively]) in cellulose degradation was also studied. Although only CelA2 interacted with miniCipC1 (K(d), 7 x 10(-9) M), nonhydrolytic miniCipC1 enhanced the activities of endoglucanases CelA2 and CelA3 with all of the insoluble substrates tested. This finding shows that miniCipC1 plays two roles: it increases the enzyme concentration on the cellulose surface and enhances the accessibility of the enzyme to the substrate by modifying the structure of the cellulose, leading to an increased available cellulose surface area. In addition, the data obtained with a hybrid protein, CelA3-CBD(CipC), which was more active towards all of the insoluble substrates tested confirm that the CBD of the scaffolding protein plays an essential role in cellulose degradation.
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- S Pagès
- Bioénérgetique et Ingéniérie des Protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IBSM-IFR1, Marseille, France
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Binding reversibility and surface exchange of Thermomonospora fusca E3 and E5 and Trichoderma reesei CBHI. Enzyme Microb Technol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(96)00178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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