title: Cellulase families revealed by hydrophobic cluster analysis.
abstract: The amino acid sequences of 21 beta-glycanases have been compared by hydrophobic cluster analysis. Six families of cellulases have been identified on the basis of primary structure homology: (A) endoglucanases B, C and E of Clostridium thermocellum; endoglucanases of Erwinia chrysanthemi and Bacillus sp.; endoglucanase III of Trichoderma reesei; endoglucanase I of Schizophyllum commune; (B) cellobiohydrolase II of T. reesei; endoglucanases of Cellulomonas fimi and Streptomyces sp; (C) cellobiohydrolases I of T. reesei and of Phanerochaete chrysosporium; endoglucanase I of T. reesei; (D) endoglucanase A of C. thermocellum and an endoglucanase from Ce. uda; (E) endoglucanase D of C. thermocellum and an endoglucanase from Pseudomonas fluorescens; (F) xylanases of C. thermocellum and of Cryptococcus albidus and the cellobio-hydrolase of Ce. fimi. For each family, conserved potentially catalytic residues have have been listed and previous allocations of the active-site residues are evaluated in the light of the alignment of the amino acid sequences. A strong homology is also reported for the putative cellulose-binding domains of cellulases of Ce. fimi and of P. fluorescens.
authors: Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS, Grenoble, France.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Henrissat
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Claeyssens
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Tomme
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lemesle
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Mornon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D002480:Cellulase / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D002480:Cellulase