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SUBMITTER: Nakai T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3571312 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of bacteriology 20121214 5
Cellulases are enzymes that normally digest cellulose; however, some are known to play essential roles in cellulose biosynthesis. Although some endogenous cellulases of plants and cellulose-producing bacteria are reportedly involved in cellulose production, their functions in cellulose production are unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that disruption of the cellulase (carboxymethylcellulase) gene causes irregular packing of de novo-synthesized fibrils in Gluconacetobacter xylinus, a cellulo ...[more]