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A processive endoglucanase with multi-substrate specificity is characterized from porcine gut microbiota.

ABSTRACT: Cellulases play important roles in the dietary fibre digestion in pigs, and have multiple industrial applications. The porcine intestinal microbiota display a unique feature in rapid cellulose digestion. Herein, we have expressed a cellulase gene, p4818Cel5_2A, which singly encoded a catalytic domain belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 5 subfamily 2, and was previously identified from a metagenomic expression library constructed from porcine gut microbiome after feeding grower pigs with a cellulose-supplemented diet. The activity of purified p4818Cel5_2A was maximal at pH 6.0 and 50?°C and displayed resistance to trypsin digestion. This enzyme exhibited activities towards a wide variety of plant polysaccharides, including cellulosic substrates of avicel and solka-Floc^®, and the hemicelluloses of ?-(1???4)/(1???3)-glucans, xyloglucan, glucomannan and galactomannan. Viscosity, reducing sugar distribution and hydrolysis product analyses further revealed that this enzyme was a processive endo-?-(1???4)-glucanase capable of hydrolyzing cellulose into cellobiose and cellotriose as the primary end products. These catalytic features of p4818Cel5_2A were further explored in the context of a three-dimensional homology model. Altogether, results of this study report a microbial processive endoglucanase identified from the porcine gut microbiome, and it may be tailored as an efficient biocatalyst candidate for potential industrial applications.

SUBMITTER: Wang W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754456 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A processive endoglucanase with multi-substrate specificity is characterized from porcine gut microbiota.

Wang Weijun W Archbold Tania T Lam Joseph S JS Kimber Matthew S MS Fan Ming Z MZ

Scientific reports 20190920 1

Cellulases play important roles in the dietary fibre digestion in pigs, and have multiple industrial applications. The porcine intestinal microbiota display a unique feature in rapid cellulose digestion. Herein, we have expressed a cellulase gene, p4818Cel5_2A, which singly encoded a catalytic domain belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 5 subfamily 2, and was previously identified from a metagenomic expression library constructed from porcine gut microbiome after feeding grower pigs with a ce ...[more]

PMID: 31541154

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A processive endoglucanase with multi-substrate specificity is characterized from porcine gut microbiota.

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