Cellulases and hemicellulases of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces constitute a multiprotein cellulose-binding complex and are encoded by multigene families

Bassam R.S. Ali; Liqing Zhou; Fiona M. Graves; Robert B. Freedman; Gary W. Black; Harry J. Gilbert; Geoffrey P. Hazlewood

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(94)00472-4

Cellulases and hemicellulases of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces constitute a multiprotein cellulose-binding complex and are encoded by multigene families

Bassam R.S. Ali, Liqing Zhou, Fiona M. Graves, Robert B. Freedman, Gary W. Black, Harry J. Gilbert, Geoffrey P. Hazlewood

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Abstract

More than 80% of the extracellular Avicelase, endoglucanase, xylanase and mannanase activities of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces were associated with a cellulose-binding complex. The complex was composed of at least 10 polypeptides ranging in size from 190 kDa to 50 kDa, and contained numerous endoglucanases, xylanases and mannanases. Multiple genes encoding each of these activities were isolated from an expressing cDNA library.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-21
Number of pages	7
Journal	FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume	125
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(94)00472-4
Publication status	Published - Jan 1 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anaerobic fungus
Cellulase
Cellulose-binding complex
Hemicellulase
Piromyces sp
Polysaccharide Hydrolase genes

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Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Genetics

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