title: The extracellular xylan degradative system in Clostridium cellulolyticum cultivated on xylan: evidence for cell-free cellulosome production.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrate that the cellulosome of Clostridium cellulolyticum grown on xylan is not associated with the bacterial cell. Indeed, the large majority of the activity (about 90%) is localized in the cell-free fraction when the bacterium is grown on xylan. Furthermore, about 70% of the detected xylanase activity is associated with cell-free high-molecular-weight complexes containing avicelase activity and the cellulosomal scaffolding protein CipC. The same repartition is observed with carboxymethyl cellulase activity. The cellulose adhesion of xylan-grown cells is sharply reduced in comparison with cellulose-grown cells. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that cellulosomes derived from xylan- and cellulose-grown cells have different compositions. In both cases, the scaffolding protein CipC is present, but the relative proportions of the other components is dramatically changed depending on the growth substrate. We propose that, depending on the growth substrate, C. cellulolyticum is able to regulate the cell association and cellulose adhesion of cellulosomes and regulate cellulosomal composition.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie URBAF, Institut des Sciences de la Nature, Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mohand-Oussaid
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Payot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guedon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gelhaye
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Youyou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Petitdemange
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002480:Cellulase; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D014990:Xylans / Q000378:metabolism*; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D014990:Xylans; D002482:Cellulose; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D014995:Xylosidases; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D002480:Cellulase; C019826:carboxymethylcellulase