title: Evidence for substrate binding of a recombinant thermostable xylanase originating from Rhodothermus marinus.
abstract: The xynl encoded 5 domain xylanase from the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus binds specifically to xylan, beta-glucan and amorphous but not crystalline cellulose. Our results show that the binding is mediated by the full length xylanase, but not by the catalytic domain only. Based on similarities concerning both predicted secondary structure and binding specificity found with one cellulose binding domain of CenC from Cellulomonas fimi, we suggest that the binding is mediated by the two N-terminally repeated domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, Sweden. eva.nordberg@biotek.lu.se
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartonek-Roxå
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005936:Glucans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D014990:Xylans / Q000378:metabolism*; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014990:Xylans; D002482:Cellulose; D014995:Xylosidases; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase