RESUMO
The celT gene of Clostridium thermocellum strain F1 was found downstream of the mannanase gene man26B [Kurokawa J et al. (2001) Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 65:548-554] in pKS305. The open reading frame of celT consists of 1,833 nucleotides encoding a protein of 611 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 68,510. The mature form of CelT consists of a family 9 cellulase domain and a dockerin domain responsible for cellulosome assembly, but lacks a family 3c carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) and an immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain, which are often found with family 9 catalytic domains. CelT devoid of the dockerin domain (CelTDeltadoc) was constructed and purified from a recombinant Escherichia coli, and its enzyme properties were examined. CelTDeltadoc showed strong activity toward carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and barley beta-glucan, and low activity toward xylan. The V(max) and K(m) values were 137 micro mol min(-1) mg(-1) and 16.7 mg/ml, respectively, for CMC. Immunological analysis indicated that CelT is a catalytic component of the C. thermocellum F1 cellulosome. This is the first report describing the characterization of a family 9 cellulase without an Ig-like domain or family 3c CBM.
Assuntos
Celulase/química , Celulase/classificação , Clostridium/enzimologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Western Blotting , Metabolismo dos Carboidratos , Carboximetilcelulose Sódica/metabolismo , Celulase/genética , Celulase/metabolismo , Clostridium/genética , Glucanos/metabolismo , Hordeum/química , Imunoglobulinas/química , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
The man26B gene of Clostridium thermocellum strain F1 was found in pKS305, which had been selected as a recombinant plasmid conferring endoglucanase activity on Escherichia coli. The open reading frame of man26B consists of 1,773 nucleotides encoding a protein of 591 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 67,047. Man26B is a modular enzyme composed of an N-terminal signal peptide and three domains in the following order: a mannan-binding domain, a family 26 mannanase domain, and a dockerin domain responsible for cellulosome assembly. We found that this gene was a homologue of the man26A gene of C. thermocellum strain YS but that there were insertion or deletion mutations that caused a frame-shift mutation affecting a stretch of 26 amino acids in the catalytic domain. Man26B devoid of the dockerin domain was constructed and purified from a recombinant E. coli, and its enzyme properties were examined. Immunological analysis indicated that Man26B was a catalytic component of the C. thermocellum F1 cellulosome.