title: Molecular characterization of xynX, a gene encoding a multidomain xylanase with a thermostabilizing domain from Clostridium thermocellum.
abstract: A Clostridium thermocellum gene, xynX, coding for a xylanase was cloned and the complete nucleotide sequence was determined. The xylanase gene of Clostridium thermocellum consists of an ORF of 3261 nucleotide encoding a xylanase (XynX) of 1087 amino acid residues (116 kDa). Sequence analysis of XynX showed a multidomain structure that consisted of four different domains: an N-terminal thermostabilizing domain homologous to sequences found in several thermophilic enzymes, a catalytic domain homologous to family 10 glycosyl hydrolases, a duplicated cellulose-binding domain (CBD) homologous to family IX CBDs, and a triplicated S-layer homologous domain. A deletion mutant of xynX having only the catalytic region produced a mutant enzyme XynX-C which retained catalytic activity but lost thermostability. In terms of half-life at 70 degrees C, the thermostability of XynX-C was about six times lower than that of the other mutant enzyme, XynX-TC, produced by a mutant containing both the thermostabilizing domain and the catalytic domain. The optimum temperature of XynX-C was about 5-10 degrees C lower than that of XynX-TC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Sunchon National University, Korea. hoon@sunchon.ac.kr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Pack
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014995:Xylosidases; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase