title: Xylanolytic enzymes from fungi and bacteria.
abstract: The development of new analytical techniques and the commercial availability of new substrates have led to the purification and characterization of a large number of xylan-degrading enzymes. Furthermore, the introduction of recombinant DNA technology has resulted in the selection of xylanolytic enzymes that are more suitable for industrial applications. For a successful integration of xylanases in industrial processes, a detailed understanding of the mechanism of enzyme action is, however, required. This review gives an overview of various xylanolytic enzyme systems from bacteria and fungi that have been described recently in more detail.
authors.affiliation: Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Department of Technical Microbiology, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sunna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Antranikian
mesh_terms: D000115:Acetylesterase / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D001709:Biotechnology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D043364:Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D014990:Xylans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014990:Xylans; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C077676:feruloyl-4-coumaroyl esterase; D000115:Acetylesterase; C081851:acetylxylan esterase; C070196:feruloyl esterase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D014995:Xylosidases; C096734:alpha-glucuronidase; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; C026579:exo-1,4-beta-D-xylosidase; C019713:alpha-N-arabinofuranosidase; D043364:Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases; C082526:arabinan endo-1,5-alpha-L-arabinosidase