title: An exo-beta-1,3-galactanase having a novel beta-1,3-galactan-binding module from Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: An exo-beta-1,3-galactanase gene from Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The complete amino acid sequence of the exo-beta-1,3-galactanase indicated that the enzyme consists of an N-terminal catalytic module with similarity to glycoside hydrolase family 43 and an additional unknown functional domain similar to carbohydrate-binding module family 6 (CBM6) in the C-terminal region. The molecular mass of the recombinant enzyme was estimated as 55 kDa based on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme showed reactivity only toward beta-1,3-linked galactosyl oligosaccharides and polysaccharide as substrates but did not hydrolyze beta-1,4-linked galacto-oligosaccharides, beta-1,6-linked galacto-oligosaccharides, pectic galactan, larch arabinogalactan, arabinan, gum arabic, debranched arabinan, laminarin, soluble birchwood xylan, or soluble oat spelled xylan. The enzyme also did not hydrolyze beta-1,3-galactosyl galactosaminide, beta-1,3-galactosyl glucosaminide, or beta-1,3-galactosyl arabinofuranoside, suggesting that it specifically cleaves the internal beta-1,3-linkage of two galactosyl residues. High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of the hydrolysis products showed that the enzyme produced galactose from beta-1,3-galactan in an exo-acting manner. However, no activity toward p-nitrophenyl beta-galactopyranoside was detected. When incubated with arabinogalactan proteins, the enzyme produced oligosaccharides together with galactose, suggesting that it is able to bypass beta-1,6-linked galactosyl side chains. The C-terminal CBM6 did not show any affinity for known substrates of CBM6 such as xylan, cellulose, and beta-1,3-glucan, although it bound beta-1,3-galactan when analyzed by affinity electrophoresis. Frontal affinity chromatography for the CBM6 moiety using several kinds of terminal galactose-containing oligosaccharides as the analytes clearly indicated that the CBM6 specifically interacted with oligosaccharides containing a beta-1,3-galactobiose moiety. When the degree of polymerization of galactose oligomers was increased, the binding affinity of the CBM6 showed no marked change.
authors.affiliation: Biological Function Division, National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotake
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: Kiyohiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsumuraya
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samejima
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005685:Galactans / Q000378:metabolism; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020075:Phanerochaete / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005685:Galactans; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C063901:exo-beta-(1--3)-D-galactanase