title: Isolation of cellulase-producing bacteria and characterization of the cellulase from the isolated bacterium Cellulomonas sp. YJ5.
abstract: A cellulase-producing bacterium was isolated from soil and identified as Cellulomonas sp. YJ5. Maximal cellulase activity was obtained after 48 h of incubation at 30 degrees C in a medium containing 1.0% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), 1.0% algae powder, 1.0% peptone, 0.24% (NH4)2SO4, 0.20% K2HPO4, and 0.03% MgSO(4).7H2O. The cellulase was purified after Sephacryl S-100 chromatography twice with a recovery of 27.9% and purification fold of 17.5. It was, with N-terminal amino acids of AGTKTPVAK, stable at pH 7.5-10.5 and 20-50 degrees C with optimal pH and temperature of 7.0 and 60 degrees C, respectively. Cu2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, Cr3+, and SDS highly inhibited, but cysteine and beta-mercaptoethanol activated, its activity. Substrate specificity indicated it to be an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sea Food Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, No. 142 Hai-Chuan Road, Nan-Tzu, Kaohsiung 81143, Taiwan. ljyin@mail.nkmu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Li-Jung
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Po-Shin
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hsin-Hung
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D040143:Cellulomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D017931:DNA Primers; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D002480:Cellulase