title: A mannanase, ManA, of the polycentric anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2 has carbohydrate binding and docking modules.
abstract: The anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2 produces a broad spectrum of glycoside hydrolases, most of which are components of a high molecular mass cellulosomal complex. Here we report about a cDNA (manA) having 1924 bp isolated from the fungus and found to encode a polypeptide of 579 amino acid residues. Analysis of the deduced sequence revealed that it had a mannanase catalytic module, a family 1 carbohydrate-binding module, and a noncatalytic docking module. The catalytic module was homologous to aerobic fungal mannanases belonging to family 5 glycoside hydrolases, but unrelated to the previously isolated mannanases (family 26) of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces. No mannanase activity could be detected in Escherichia coli harboring a manA-containing plasmid. The manA was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ManA was secreted into the culture medium in multiple forms. The purified extracellular heterologous mannanase hydrolyzed several types of mannan but lacked activity against cellulose, chitin, or beta-glucan. The enzyme had high specific activity toward locust bean mannan and an extremely broad pH profile. It was stable for several hours at 50 degrees C, but was rapidly inactivated at 60 degrees C. The carbohydrate-binding module of the Man A produced separately in E. coli bound preferably to insoluble lignocellulosic substrates, suggesting that it might play an important role in the complex enzyme system of the fungus for lignocellulose degradation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio De Enzimologia, Departmento De Biologia Celular, Universidade De Brasilia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ximenes
authors.forename: Huizhong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Irina A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kataeva
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cotta
authors.forename: Carlos R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.forename: Lars G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Ljungdahl
authors.forename: Xin-Liang
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008351:Mannans / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020085:Neocallimastigales / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D044902:beta-Mannosidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008351:Mannans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C035026:SRPRA protein, human; D002482:Cellulose; D044902:beta-Mannosidase