PROPERTIES OF A GENETICALLY RECONSTRUCTED PREVOTELLA-RUMINICOLA ENDOGLUCANASE

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作者
MAGLIONE, G
MATSUSHITA, O
RUSSELL, JB
WILSON, DB
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV, DIV BIOL SCI, BIOCHEM MOLEC & CELL BIOL SECT, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
[2] CORNELL UNIV, DIV BIOL SCI, MICROBIOL SECT, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
[3] USDA ARS, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.58.11.3593-3597.1992
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A pUC19-derived plasmid was constructed that coded for a hybrid cellulase with the Thermomonospora fusca E2 cellulose-binding domain at its C terminus joined to the Prevotella ruminicola 40.5-kDa carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase). The hybrid enzyme was purified and characterized enzymatically. It bound tightly to cellulose, and its specific activities on carboxymethyl cellulose, amorphous cellulose, and ball-milled cellulose were 1.5, 10, and 8 times that of the 40.5-kDa CMCase, respectively. Furthermore, the modified enzyme gave synergism with an exocellulase in the degradation of filter paper, while the 40.5-kDa CMCase did not.
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页码:3593 / 3597
页数:5
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