title: Influence of the transposition of the thermostabilizing domain of Clostridium thermocellum xylanase (XynX) on xylan binding and thermostabilization.
abstract: A xylanase gene, xynX, of Clostridium thermocellum had one thermostabilizing domain (TSD) between the signal peptide sequence and the catalytic domain (CD). The TSD of a truncated xylanase gene, xynX'(TSD-CD), was transpositioned from the N terminus to the C terminus of the CD by overlapping PCRs, and a modified product, xynX'(CD-TSD), was constructed. XynX'(TSD-CD) had a higher optimum temperature (70 degrees C versus 65 degrees C) and was more thermostable (residual activity of 68% versus 46% after a 20-min preincubation at 70 degrees C) than the one without the TSD, XynX'(CD). However, the domain-transpositioned enzyme, XynX'(CD-TSD), showed a lower optimum temperature (30 degrees C) and thermostability (20%) than XynX'(CD). Both XynX'(TSD-CD) and XynX'(CD-TSD) showed significantly higher binding capacity toward xylan than XynX'(CD), and the domain transposition did not cause any change in the binding ability. XynX'(TSD-CD) and XynX'(CD-TSD) also showed considerable binding to lichenan but not to carboxymethyl cellulose and laminarin. XynX'(TSD-CD) and XynX'(CD-TSD) had higher activities for insoluble xylan than XynX'(CD), while XynX'(CD) was more active against soluble xylan than XynX'(TSD-CD) and XynX'(CD-TSD). These results indicate that the TSD of XynX has dual functions, xylan binding and thermostabilization, and the domain should also be classified as a xylan-binding domain (XBD). The binding capacity of the XBD was not affected by domain transpositioning within the gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Sun
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Mi-Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kyung Hwa
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Eun-Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jae Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Seur Kee
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jungho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Han Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Hoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012995:Solubility; D013696:Temperature; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase; D014990:Xylans / Q000378:metabolism*; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D014990:Xylans; D014995:Xylosidases; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase