title: A xyloglucan-specific endo-beta-1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus: expression cloning in yeast, purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme.
abstract: A full-length c-DNA encoding a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-glucanase (XEG) has been isolated from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus aculeatus by expression cloning in yeast. The colonies expressing functional XEG were identified on agar plates containing azurine-dyed cross-linked xyloglucan. The cDNA encoding XEG was isolated, sequenced, cloned into an Aspergillus expression vector, and transformed into Aspergillus oryzae for heterologous expression. The recombinant enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity by anion-exchange and gel permeation chromatography. The recombinant XEG has a molecular mass of 23,600, an isoelectric point of 3.4, and is optimally stable at a pH of 3.4 and temperature below 30 degreesC. The enzyme hydrolyzes structurally diverse xyloglucans from various sources, but hydrolyzes no other cell wall component and can therefore be considered a xyloglucan-specific endo -beta-1, 4-glucanohydrolase. XEG hydrolyzes its substrates with retention of the anomeric configuration. The Kmof the recombinant enzyme is 3.6 mg/ml, and its specific activity is 260 micromol/min per mg protein. The enzyme was tested for its ability to solubilize xyloglucan oligosaccharides from plant cell walls. It was shown that treatment of plant cell walls with XEG yields only xyloglucan oligosaccharides, indicating that this enzyme can be a powerful tool in the structural elucidation of xyloglucans.
authors.affiliation: Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens,GA 30602-4712, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pauly
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kauppinen
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Kofod
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: York
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albersheim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darvill
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000201:enzymology*; D001236:Aspergillus oryzae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002845:Chromatography; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D015870:Gene Expression; D005936:Glucans; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014990:Xylans
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005936:Glucans; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014990:Xylans; C029353:xyloglucan; D002480:Cellulase