title: Cloning, sequencing, and expression of an endoglucanase gene from the rumen anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis MCH3.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding an endo-1,4-beta-glucanase from a rumen fungus, Neocallimastix frontalis MCH3, was isolated. The nucleotide sequence showed that the gene, celA, encoded a multidomain enzyme containing a family 5 catalytic domain and a reiterated sequence that is involved in the association of a multienzyme complex, the cellulosome. The enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli showed the highest activity against carboxymethylcellulose at 40 degrees C and pH 8.5.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ushida
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002480:Cellulase / Q000235:genetics*; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; C074775:CelA endoglucanase; D002480:Cellulase