title: Cellulase complex of the fungus Chrysosporium lucknowense: isolation and characterization of endoglucanases and cellobiohydrolases.
abstract: Using different chromatographic techniques, eight cellulolytic enzymes were isolated from the culture broth of a mutant strain of Chrysosporium lucknowense: six endoglucanases (EG: 25 kD, pI 4.0; 28 kD, pI 5.7; 44 kD, pI 6.0; 47 kD, pI 5.7; 51 kD, pI 4.8; 60 kD, pI 3.7) and two cellobiohydrolases (CBH I, 65 kD, pI 4.5; CBH II, 42 kD, pI 4.2). Some of the isolated cellulases were classified into known families of glycoside hydrolases: Cel6A (CBH II), Cel7A (CBH I), Cel12A (EG28), Cel45A (EG25). It was shown that EG44 and EG51 are two different forms of one enzyme. EG44 seems to be a catalytic module of an intact EG51 without a cellulose-binding module. All the enzymes had pH optimum of activity in the acidic range (at pH 4.5-6.0), whereas EG25 and EG47 retained 55-60% of the maximum activity at pH 8.5. Substrate specificity of the purified cellulases against carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), beta-glucan, Avicel, xylan, xyloglucan, laminarin, and p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-cellobioside was studied. EG44 and EG51 were characterized by the highest CMCase activity (59 and 52 U/mg protein). EG28 had the lowest CMCase activity (11 U/mg) amongst the endoglucanases; however, this enzyme displayed the highest activity against beta-glucan (125 U/mg). Only EG51 and CBH I were characterized by high adsorption ability on Avicel cellulose (98-99%). Kinetics of Avicel hydrolysis by the isolated cellulases in the presence of purified beta-glucosidase from Aspergillus japonicus was studied. The hydrolytic efficiency of cellulases (estimated as glucose yield after a 7-day reaction) decreased in the following order: CBH I, EG60, CBH II, EG51, EG47, EG25, EG28, EG44.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia. avgusakov@enzyme.chem.msu.ru
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Bukhtojarov
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Ustinov
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Salanovich
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Antonov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gusakov
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Okunev
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sinitsyn
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D043366:Cellulose 1,4-beta-Cellobiosidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D002912:Chrysosporium / Q000201:enzymology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D002480:Cellulase; D043366:Cellulose 1,4-beta-Cellobiosidase