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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Biochemical and molecular characterization of secreted α-xylosidase from Aspergillus niger.

John S Scott-Craig, Melissa S Borrusch, Goutami Banerjee, Christopher M Harvey, Jonathan D Walton

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John S Scott-CraigDepartment of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
Melissa S Borrusch
Goutami Banerjee
Christopher M Harvey
Jonathan D Walton
Michigan State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Linked xylose is a major component of xyloglucans in the cell walls of higher plants. An α-xylosidase (AxlA) was purified from a commercial enzyme preparation from Aspergillus niger, and the encoding gene was identified. The protein is a member of glycosyl hydrolase family 31. It was active on p-nitrophenyl-α-d-xyloside, isoprimeverose, xyloglucan heptasaccharide (XXXG), and tamarind xyloglucan. When expressed in Pichia pastoris, AxlA had activity comparable to the native enzyme on pNPαX and IP despite apparent hyperglycosylation. The pH optimum of AxlA was between 3.0 and 4.0. AxlA together with β-glucosidase depolymerized xyloglucan heptasaccharide. A combination of AxlA, β-glucosidase, xyloglucanase, and β-galactosidase in the optimal proportions of 51:5:19:25 or 59:5:11:25 could completely depolymerize tamarind XG to free Glc or Xyl, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first characterization of a secreted microbial α-xylosidase. Secreted α-xylosidases appear to be rare in nature, being absent from other tested commercial enzyme mixtures and from the genomes of most filamentous fungi.

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Aspergillus nigerCellulasesFungal ProteinsGalactosidasesGlucansGlucosidasesGlycoside HydrolasesPichiaTamarindusXylansXylosidasesCellulasesFungal ProteinsGalactosidasesGlucansGlucosidasesGlycoside HydrolasesXylansxyloglucanxyloglucan endo(1-4)-beta-D-glucanaseXylosidases

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PMID22033931
PMCPMC3234869
OpenAlexW2035814116

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