Construction of the bifunctional enzyme cellulase-beta-glucosidase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima.
Biotechnol Lett
; 29(6): 931-6, 2007 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-17333463
ABSTRACT
An artificial bifunctional enzyme, cellulase-beta-glucosidase, was prepared by gene fusion from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8. The fusion protein exhibited both cellulase (Cel5C) and beta-glucosidase (BglB) activity when the bglB gene was fused to downstream of cel5C, but not when cel5C was fused to downstream of bglB. The specific activity of the bifunctional enzyme was 70% lower than that of cellulase or beta-glucosidase. The fusion enzyme was purified, and the MW was estimated as 114 kDa. The fusion enzyme displayed optimum cellulase activity at pH 8.0 and 70 degrees C over 30 min, and optimal beta-glucosidase activity at pH 7.0 and 80 degrees C over 30 min.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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Cellulase
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Beta-Glucosidase
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Thermotoga maritima
Language:
En
Year:
2007
Type:
Article