title: Engineering a bifunctional starch-cellulose cross-bridge protein.
abstract: Biodegradable starch- and cellulose-based polymers have a range of properties which make them suitable for use in a wide array of biomedical applications ranging from bone replacement to engineering of tissue scaffolds and drug delivery systems. A novel polysaccharide cross-bridging protein was designed which was comprised of a cellulose-binding domain from Clostridium cellulovorans (CBD(clos)) and a starch-binding domain from Aspergillus niger B1 (SBD(Asp)). The two genes were fused in-frame via a synthetic elastin gene to construct a Cellulose/Starch Cross bridging Protein (CSCP). Recombinant CSCP was expressed in Escherichia coli, and successfully refolded from inclusion bodies. CSCP demonstrated cross-bridging ability in different model systems composed of insoluble or soluble starch and cellulose. The aspect that different carbohydrate-binding module maintain their binding capacity over a wide range of conditions, without the need for chemical reactions, makes them attractive domains for designing new classes of chimeric polysaccharide-binding domains which demonstrate potential for use in a wide range of biomaterials.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Tzur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paldi
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shoseyov
mesh_terms: D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008422:Materials Testing; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C074074:cellulose binding protein A, Clostridium cellulovorans; D002482:Cellulose; D013213:Starch; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase