title: Structure and characteristics of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase, isolated from Trametes hirsuta, with high degradation to crystalline cellulose.
abstract: Trametes hirsuta produced cellulose-degrading enzymes when it was grown in a cellulosic medium such as Avicel or wheat bran. An endo-beta-1,4-glucanase (ThEG) was purified from the culture filtrate, and the gene and the cDNA were isolated. The gene consisted of an open reading frame encoding 384 amino acids, interrupted by 11 introns. The whole sequence showed high homology with that of family 5 glycoside hydrolase. The properties of the recombinant enzyme (rEG) in Aspergillus oryzae were compared with those of the En-1 from Irpex lacteus, which showed the highest homology among all the endoglucanases reported. The rEG activity against Avicel was about 8 times higher than that of En-1 when based on CMC degradation. A remarkable structural difference between the two enzymes was the length of the linker connecting the cellulose-binding domain to the catalytic domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Material Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, Japan. knoza@shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003460:Crystallization; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D020072:Polyporales / Q000201:enzymology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002482:Cellulose; D002480:Cellulase