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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2013

Reconstitution of a thermostable xylan-degrading enzyme mixture from the bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii.

Xiaoyun Su, Yejun Han, Dylan Dodd, Young Hwan Moon, Shosuke Yoshida, Roderick I Mackie, Isaac K O Cann

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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7 authors.

Xiaoyun SuEnergy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL,USA.
Yejun Han
Dylan Dodd
Young Hwan Moon
Shosuke Yoshida
Roderick I Mackie
Isaac K O Cann

Funding

Biochemical Characterization of Specificity for Family 3 Glycoside HydrolasesF30DK084726 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI DODD, DYLAN · 2009 to 2013
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NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK084726
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xylose, the major constituent of xylans, as well as the side chain sugars, such as arabinose, can be metabolized by engineered yeasts into ethanol. Therefore, xylan-degrading enzymes that efficiently hydrolyze xylans will add value to cellulases used in hydrolysis of plant cell wall polysaccharides for conversion to biofuels. Heterogeneous xylan is a complex substrate, and it requires multiple enzymes to release its constituent sugars. However, the components of xylan-degrading enzymes are often individually characterized, leading to a dearth of research that analyzes synergistic actions of the components of xylan-degrading enzymes. In the present report, six genes predicted to encode components of the xylan-degrading enzymes of the thermophilic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii were expressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant proteins were investigated as individual enzymes and also as a xylan-degrading enzyme cocktail. Most of the component enzymes of the xylan-degrading enzyme mixture had similar optimal pH (5.5 to ∼6.5) and temperature (75 to ∼90°C), and this facilitated their investigation as an enzyme cocktail for deconstruction of xylans. The core enzymes (two endoxylanases and a β-xylosidase) exhibited high turnover numbers during catalysis, with the two endoxylanases yielding estimated k(cat) values of ∼8,000 and ∼4,500 s(-1), respectively, on soluble wheat arabinoxylan. Addition of side chain-cleaving enzymes to the core enzymes increased depolymerization of a more complex model substrate, oat spelt xylan. The C. bescii xylan-degrading enzyme mixture effectively hydrolyzes xylan at 65 to 80°C and can serve as a basal mixture for deconstruction of xylans in bioenergy feedstock at high temperatures.

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AvenaEnzyme StabilityEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGram-Positive BacteriaHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsRecombinant ProteinsTemperatureTriticumXylansXylosidasesRecombinant ProteinsXylansXylosidases

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PMID23263957
PMCPMC3591937

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