Extracellular enzyme system utilized by the fungus Sporotrichum pulverulentum (Chrysosporium lignorum) for the breakdown of cullulose.  Functional characterization of five endo-1,4-beta-glucanases and one exo-1,4-beta-glucanase.
A strong synergistic response was observed between the five endo-1,4-beta-glucanases and the exo-1,4-beta-glucanase obtained from culture solutions of the rot fungus Sporotrichum pulverulentum (formerly called Chrysosporium lignorum), when these enzymes were allowed to degrade de-waxed cotton and Avicel.  No synergism was observed if Walseth cellulose, an acid-swollen cullulose, was used.  If de-waxed cotton was pretreated with endo-1,4-beta-glucanases, the exo-1,4-beta-glucanase enzyme released much more degradation products than from an untreated cotton...
D002480:Cellulase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005959:Glucosidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D009904:Optical Rotation; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000201:enzymology*
D009844:Oligosaccharides; D002482:Cellulose; D005959:Glucosidases; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D002480:Cellulase