title: Characterization of carbohydrate-binding cytochrome b562 from the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: cDNA encoding a hemoprotein similar to the cytochrome domain of extracellular flavocytochrome cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) was cloned from the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The deduced amino acid sequence implies that there is a two-domain structure consisting of an N-terminal cytochrome domain and a C-terminal family 1 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM1) but that the flavin-containing domain of CDH is not present. The gene transcripts were observed in cultures in cellulose medium but not in cultures in glucose medium, suggesting that there is regulation by carbon catabolite repression. The gene was successfully overexpressed in Pichia pastoris, and the recombinant protein was designated carbohydrate-binding cytochrome b562 (CBCyt. b562). The resonance Raman spectrum suggested that the heme of CBCyt. b562 is 6-coordinated in both the ferric and ferrous states. Moreover, the redox potential measured by cyclic voltammetry was similar to that of the cytochrome domain of CDH. These results suggest that the redox characteristics may be similar to those of the cytochrome domain of CDH, and so CBCyt. b562 may have an electron transfer function. In a binding study with various carbohydrates, CBCyt. b562 was adsorbed with high affinity on both cellulose and chitin. As far as we know, this is the first example of a CBM1 connected to a domain without apparent catalytic activity for carbohydrate; this CBM1 may play a role in localization of the redox protein on the surface of cellulose or on the fungal sheath in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kiyohiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Masahisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Nobuhumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samejima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020075:Phanerochaete / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D010843:Pichia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases; C019859:cellobiose-quinone oxidoreductase