title: Essentiality of a newly identified carbohydrate-binding module for the function of CelB (BH0603) from the alkaliphilic bacterium Bacillus halodurans.
abstract: CelB (BH0603) from Bacillus halodurans is a modular glycoside hydrolase with a family 5 catalytic module, an immunoglobulin-like module, and module PfamB of unknown function. The recombinant PfamB module bound to Avicel and was essential for CelB hydrolytic function. We propose that module PfamB be designated a new carbohydrate-binding module.
authors.affiliation: Applied Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurimamachiyacho, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Benson Munyali
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wamalwa
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakka
authors.forename: Paul Mwanza
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Shiundu
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakka
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C083711:cellobiose phosphotransferase B