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ArticleBMC biotechnology2021

Characterization of a highly xylose tolerant β-xylosidase isolated from high temperature horse manure compost.

Kanyisa Ndata, Walter Nevondo, Bongi Cekuse, Leonardo Joaquim van Zyl, Marla Trindade

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Article in BMC biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kanyisa NdataInstitute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Walter NevondoInstitute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Bongi CekuseInstitute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
Leonardo Joaquim van ZylInstitute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa. lvanzyl@uwc.ac.za.
Marla TrindadeInstitute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
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Abstract

backgroundThere is a continued need for improved enzymes for industry. β-xylosidases are enzymes employed in a variety of industries and although many wild-type and engineered variants have been described, enzymes that are highly tolerant of the products produced by catalysis are not readily available and the fundamental mechanisms of tolerance are not well understood.

resultsScreening of a metagenomic library constructed of mDNA isolated from horse manure compost for β-xylosidase activity identified 26 positive hits. The fosmid clones were sequenced and bioinformatic analysis performed to identity putative β-xylosidases. Based on the novelty of its amino acid sequence and potential thermostability one enzyme (XylP81) was selected for expression and further characterization. XylP81 belongs to the family 39 β-xylosidases, a comparatively rarely found and characterized GH family. The enzyme displayed biochemical characteristics (K

conclusionsHere we describe a novel β-xylosidase from a poorly studied glycosyl hydrolase family (GH39) which despite having overall kinetic properties similar to other bacterial GH39 β-xylosidases, displays unusually high product tolerance. This trait is shared with only one other member of the GH39 family, the recently described β-xylosidases from Dictyoglomus thermophilum. This feature should allow its use as starting material for engineering of an enzyme that may prove useful to industry and should assist in the fundamental understanding of the mechanism by which glycosyl hydrolases evolve product tolerance.

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CompostingXylosidasesAnimalsHorsesHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationManureSubstrate SpecificityTemperatureXyloseexo-1,4-beta-D-xylosidaseManureXyloseXylosidasesGlycoside hydrolase 39LignocelluloseMetagenomicsβ-xylosidase

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PMID34689773
PMCPMC8543862
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