Comparison of the mesophilic cellulosome-producing Clostridium cellulovorans genome with other cellulosome-related clostridial genomes.
Clostridium cellulovorans, an anaerobic and mesophilic bacterium, degrades native substrates in soft biomass such as corn fibre and rice straw efficiently by producing an extracellular enzyme complex called the cellulosome. Recently, we have reported the whole-genome sequence of C. cellulovorans comprising 4220 predicted genes in 5.10 Mbp [Y. Tamaru et al., (2010) J. Bacteriol., 192: 901–902]. As a result, the genome size of C. cellulovorans was about 1 Mbp larger than that of other cellulosome-producing clostridia, mesophilic C. cellulolyticum and thermophilic C. thermocellum. A total of 57 cellulosomal genes were found in the C. cellulovorans genome, and they coded for not only carbohydrate-degrading enzymes but also a lipase, peptidases and proteinase inhibitors. Interestingly, two novel genes encoding scaffolding proteins were found in the genome. According to KEGG metabolic pathways and their comparison with 11 Clostridial genomes, gene expansion in the C. cellulovorans genome indicated mainly non-cellulosomal genes encoding hemicellulases and pectin-degrading enzymes. Thus, by examining genome sequences from multiple Clostridium species, comparative genomics offers new insight into genome evolution and the way natural selection moulds functional DNA sequence evolution. Our analysis, coupled with the genome sequence data, provides a roadmap for constructing enhanced cellulosome-producing Clostridium strains for industrial applications such as biofuel production.
Department of Life Science, Mie University Graduate School of Bioresources, 1577 Kurimamachiya, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. ytamaru@bio.mie-u.ac.jp
Yutaka
Y
Tamaru
Hideo
H
Miyake
Kouichi
K
Kuroda
Akihito
A
Nakanishi
Chiyuki
C
Matsushima
Roy H
RH
Doi
Mitsuyoshi
M
Ueda
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D044603:Cellulosomes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D003013:Clostridium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D046974:Clostridium cellulovorans / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D059646:Genome Size; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D001426:Bacterial Proteins
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