Cellulase production by Neurospora crassa: Purification and characterization of cellulolytic enzymes

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Yazdi ◽  
A. Radford ◽  
J.N. Keen ◽  
J.R. Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Neurospora Crassa ◽  
Cellulase Production ◽  
Cellulolytic Enzymes ◽  
Purification And Characterization

scholarly journals Purification and characterization of endoglucanase Ss from Clostridium thermocellum

1991 ◽  
Vol 279 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Fauth ◽  
M P M Romaniec ◽  
T Kobayashi ◽  
A L Demain
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Thermocellum ◽  
Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography ◽  
Cellulolytic Enzymes ◽  
Crystalline Cellulose ◽  
Optimum Temperature ◽  
Purification And Characterization ◽  
Specific Antibodies ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Exchange Adsorption

The extracellular cellulolytic enzymes of the thermophilic anaerobe Clostridium thermocellum occur as a protein complex or aggregate known as the cellulosome. By using a combination of ion-exchange, adsorption and hydrophobic-interaction chromatography, it was possible to isolate from extracellular broth a specific endoglucanase of interest without the use of denaturants. The endoglucanase was identified as the cellulosomal subunit Ss by the use of specific antibodies. The enzyme has an Mr of 83,000, an isoelectric point of 3.55, optimum pH of 6.6 and optimum temperature of 70 degrees C. It hydrolyses CM-cellulose and, at a higher rate, the cellodextrins, cellotetraose and cellopentaose, but does not hydrolyse a crystalline cellulose such as Avicel. Cellobiose and cellotriose are also immune to attack. It differs from endoglucanases previously isolated by others and a 76,000-Mr endoglucanase recently isolated in this laboratory.

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