title: Cold-active pectinolytic activity of psychrophilic-basidiomycetous yeast Cystofilobasidium capitatum strain PPY-1.
abstract: A pectinolytic and psychrophilic yeast was isolated from soil from Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan. The phenotype and sequencing of the 28S rDNA of the isolated strain (PPY-1) indicated a taxonomic affiliation to the basidiomycetous yeast Cystofilobasidium capitatum. C. capitatum strain PPY-1 was able to grow on two pectic compounds, polygalacturonate and pectin, at below 5 degrees C. Moreover, the extracellular fraction of the strain exhibited pectin methylesterase, pectin lyase and polygalacturonase activities at 5 degrees C. Thus strain PPY-1 may produce novel enzymes that are able to degrade pectin at low temperature, although the strain has isozymes of these enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 196 Yasaka, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-2493, Japan. t-nakaga@bioindustry.nodai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Kaichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyaji
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomizuka