title: Interaction between the endoglucanase CelA and the scaffolding protein CipC of the Clostridium cellulolyticum cellulosome.
abstract: The 5' end of the cipC gene, coding for the N-terminal part of CipC, the scaffolding protein of Clostridium cellulolyticum ATCC 35319, was cloned and sequenced. It encodes a 586-amino-acid peptide, including several domains: a cellulose-binding domain, a hydrophilic domain, and two hydrophobic domains (cohesin domains). Sequence alignments showed that the N terminus of CipC and CbpA of C. cellulovorans ATCC 35296 have the same organization. The mini-CipC polypeptide, containing a cellulose-binding domain, hydrophilic domain 1, and cohesin domain 1, was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The interaction between endoglucanase CelA, with (CelA2) and without (CelA3) the characteristic clostridial C-terminal domain called the duplicated-segment or dockerin domain, and the mini-CipC polypeptide was monitored by two different methods: the interaction Western blotting (immunoblotting) method and binding assays with biotin-labeled protein. Among the various forms of CelA (CelA2, CelA3, and an intermediary form containing only part of the duplicated segment), only CelA2 was found to interact with cohesin domain 1 of CipC. The apparent equilibrium dissociation constant of the CelA2-mini-CipC complex was 7 x 10(-9)M, which indicates that there exists a high affinity between these two proteins.
authors.affiliation: Bioénergétique et Ingéniéri des protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pagès
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belaich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tardif
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reverbel-Leroy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Belaich
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002480:Cellulase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C098847:CipC protein, Clostridium cellulolyticum; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; C074775:CelA endoglucanase; D002480:Cellulase